Phoenix dactylifera L. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Phoenix

Family:

Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)

Subfamily:

Coryphoideae

Tribe:

Phoeniceae

Nomen number:

28046

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1188. 1753

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/359209

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

10/14/1999 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

2 (2 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

No images

Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
Al-Khalifah, N. S. & E. Askari. 2003. Molecular phylogeny of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cultivars from Saudi Arabia by DNA fingerprinting. Theor. Appl. Genet. 107:1266-1270.
Al-Mahmoud, M. E. et al. 2012. DNA-based assays to distinguish date palm (Arecaceae) gender. Amer. J. Bot. 99:e7-e10.
Barrow, S. C. 1998. A monograph of Phoenix L. (Palmae: Coryphoideae). Kew Bull. 53:544.
Cufodontis, G. 1953-1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta.
Doyle, M. F. & D. Fuller. 1998. Palms of Fiji-I. Endemic, indigenous, and naturalized species:changes in nomenclature... Harvard Pap. Bot. 3:95-100.
Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Gros-Balthazard, M. et al. 2016. The domestication syndrome in Phoenix dactylifera seeds: Toward the identification of wild date palm populations. PLoS One 11(3): e0152394. Pages 1-21.
Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. 1982. Edible Horticultural Crops Academic Press.
Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Moore, H. E., Jr. 1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:157.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Norton, J. et al. 2009. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar.
Personal Care Products Council. INCI
Pintaud, J.-C. et al. 2013. Biogeography of the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L., Arecaceae): Insights on the origin and on the structure of modern diversity. Acta Hort. 994:19-38.
Pintaud, J.-C. 2010. Modèle de domestication et structure de l'agrobiodiversité du palmier dattier (Phoenix dactylifera L.). Biotechnologies du palmier dattier. IRD Éditions. Paris 107-111. Note: it proposed a domestication model from wild populations of Phoenix dactylifera itself
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Reitz, R., ed. 1965-. Flora ilustrada catarinense.
Rivera, D. et al. 2008. Morphological systematics of date-palm diversity (Phoenix, Arecaceae) in western Europe and some preliminary molecular results. Acta Hort. 799:97-104
St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands
Terral, J.-F. et al. 2012. Insights into the historical biogeography of the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) using geometric morphometry of modern and ancient seeds. J. Biogeogr. 39:929-941.
Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Yang, M. et al. 2010. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.). PLoS One 5:e12672.
Zehdi-Azouzi, S. et al. 2015. Genetic structure of the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) in the Old World reveals a strong differentiation between eastern and western populations. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 116:101-112.

Common names

English
date –
date palm –
Arabic
nakhl –
French
dattier –
palmier dattier –
German
Dattelpalme –
Portuguese
tamareira –
Spanish
palmera datilera –
Swedish
dadelpalm –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
2	Cultivated					only cult.
5	Uncertain	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Oman	Al Batinah North	wild populations

Cultivated (only cult.)
Uncertain
Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman [Al Batinah North (wild populations)]

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Animal food	fodder	fide Kew Bull 53:548. 1998	Barrow, S. C. 1998. A monograph of Phoenix L. (Palmae: Coryphoideae). Kew Bull. 53:544.
Environmental	ornamental		Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Environmental	ornamental		Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Human food	beverage base		Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Human food	fruit		Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Materials	fiber		Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Materials	wood		Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Medicines	folklore		Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines	folklore		McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Taxon: Phoenix dactylifera L.