Washingtonia | |
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Scientific classification | |
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) |
Species | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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.