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Taxon:  Roystonea elata (W. Bartram) F. Harper



Summary
Genus:
Roystonea
Family:
Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Arecoideae
Tribe:
Roystoneeae
Nomen number:
103085
Place of publication:
Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 59:29. 1946
Comment:
  • a rejected (nom. rej.), heterotypic synonym (Shenzhen ICN 14.4 & App. IV) of Oreodoxa regia Kunth, nom. cons., but potentially available for use if the two are treated as separate species (Shenzhen ICN 14.6)
  • based on Palma elata W. Bartram, nom. rej.
Verified:
08/30/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Brummitt, R. K. 1996. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 44. Taxon 45:680. Note: proposal to reject its basionym recommended
  2. Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
  3. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  4. Glassman, S. F. 1972. A revision of B. E. Dahlgren's Index of American palms. Phanerog. Monogr. 6:1-294.
  5. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  6. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  7. Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
  8. Moore, H. E., Jr. 1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:163, 181.
  9. Uhl, N. W. & J. Dransfield. 1987. Genera palmarum: a classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore, Jr. Note: mentions
  10. Zona, S. 1994. (1141) Proposal to conserve Oreodoxa regia Kunth, the basionym of Roystonea regia (Kunth) O. F. Cook, against Palma elata W. Bartram (Arecaceae). Taxon 43:662. Note: proposal to reject its basionym
  11. Zona, S. 1996. Roystonea (Arecaceae: Arecoideae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 71:25.
Common names
Distribution
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=103085. Accessed 31 May 2025.