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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Coryphoideae |
| Tribe: | Trachycarpeae |
| Genus: | Washingtonia H. Wendl. 1879,[1] conserved name not Winslow 1854 (syn of Sequoiadendron) |
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Neowashingtonia Sudw. | |
Washingtonia is a genus of palms, native to the southwestern United States (in southern California, and southwest Arizona) and northwest Mexico (in Baja California and Sonora).[2] [3] Both Washingtonia species are commonly cultivated across the Southern United States, the Middle East, southern Europe, and North Africa, where they have greatly hybridized.
- ^ H.A. Wendland, Botanische Zeitung 37:1xi, 68, 148. 1879 (conserved name)
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Jon P. Rebman, Judy Gibson, and Karen Rich. Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Baja California, Mexico. 2016. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History. number 45. page 275.