Syagrus romanzoffiana

Queen palm
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Syagrus
Species:
S. romanzoffiana
Binomial name
Syagrus romanzoffiana
(Cham.) Glassman [1968][1]
Synonyms[5][6]
  • Cocos romanzoffiana Cham. [1822]
  • Calappa romanzoffiana (Cham.) Kuntze [1891]
  • Arecastrum romanzoffianum (Cham.) Becc. [1916]
  • Arecastrum romanzoffianum var. australe (Mart.) Becc. [1916]
  • Arecastrum romanzoffianum var. ensifolium (Drude) Becc. [1916]
  • Arecastrum romanzoffianum var. genuinum Becc. [1916]
  • Arecastrum romanzoffianum var. genuinum subvar. minus Becc. [1916]
  • Arecastrum romanzoffianum var. micropindo Becc. [1916]
  • Cocos australis Mart. [1844]
  • Cocos plumosa Hook.f. [1860]
  • Cocos datil Drude & Griseb. [1879]
  • Cocos geriba Barb.Rodr. [1879]
  • Cocos acrocomioides Drude [1881]
  • Cocos botryophora Mart. var. ensifolia Drude [1881]
  • Cocos martiana Drude & Glaz [1881]
  • Calappa acrocomioides (Drude) Kuntze [1891]
  • Calappa australis (Mart.) Kuntze [1891]
  • Calappa datil (Drude & Griseb.) Kuntze [1891]
  • Calappa martiana (Drude & Glaz.) Kuntze [1891]
  • Calappa plumosa (Hook.f.) Kuntze [1891]
  • Cocos sapida Barb.Rodr. [1899][2][3][4]
  • Cocos arechavaletana Barb.Rodr. [1901]
  • Cocos romanzoffiana var. plumosa (Hook.f.) A.Berger [1912]
  • Syagrus sapida (Barb.Rodr.) Becc. [1916][3]

Syagrus romanzoffiana, the queen palm,[7] cocos palm or Jerivá, is a palm native to South America, introduced throughout the world as a popular ornamental garden tree. S. romanzoffiana is a medium-sized palm, quickly reaching maturity at a height of up to 15 m (49 ft) tall, with pinnate leaves having as many as 494 pinnae (leaflets), although more typically around 300, each pinna being around 50 centimetres (18 in) in length and 3–5 centimetres (1–2 in) in width.

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  2. ^ "Flora del Conosur" (in Spanish). Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b IPNI Plant Name Details. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Harvard University Herbaria, and the Australian National Herbarium. 2005. Retrieved 9 September 2018. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Stauffer, Fred; Ramella, Lorenzo; Ferreira, Evandro; Noblick, Larry (2016). "Lectotipificación de los nombres descritos por J. Barbosa Rodrigues en la obra 'Palmae novae Paraguayenses'" [Lectotypification of names proposed by J. Barbosa Rodrigues in the publication 'Palmae novae Paraguayenses']. Candollea (in Spanish). 71 (1): 105–115. doi:10.15553/c2016v711a13. S2CID 88021476.
  5. ^ Kew World Checklist for Selected Plant Families, Syagrus romanzoffiana
  6. ^ "Brazilian Flora Checklist - Syagrus romanzoffiana (Cham.) Glassman". Flora do Brasil 2020 under construction (in Portuguese). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  7. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Syagrus romanzoffiana​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 4 December 2015.