Palma elata W. Bartram GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Palma

Family:

Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)

Subfamily:

Coryphoideae

Tribe:

Phoeniceae

Nomen number:

319137

Place of publication:

Travels Carolina iv, 115-116. 1791

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)

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)

Brummitt, R. K. 1996. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 44. Taxon 45:680. Note: rejection proposal recommended
Wilbur, R. L. 1971. A reconsideration of Bartram's binomials. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 87:58.
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 43:662-664.

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=319137. Accessed 31 May 2025.

Taxon: Palma elata W. Bartram

Synonym of Roystonea regia (Kunth) O. F. Cook