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Taxon:  Roystonea regia (Kunth) O. F. Cook



Summary
Genus:
Roystonea
Family:
Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Arecoideae
Tribe:
Roystoneeae
Nomen number:
32237
Place of publication:
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28:531. 1901, nom. cons.
Comment:
  • conserved (nom. cons.) against the heterotypic synonym (Shenzhen ICN 14.4 & App. IV) Palma elata W. Bartram, nom. rej.
  • based on Oreodoxa regia Kunth, nom. cons.
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
Basionym
Oreodoxa regia Kunth

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Oreodoxa regia Kunth var. regia

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Euterpe ventricosa C. H. Wright
Palma elata W. Bartram
Roystonea elata (W. Bartram) F. Harper
Roystonea floridana O. F. Cook
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Brummitt, R. K. 1996. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 44. Taxon 45:680. Note: conservation of Oreodoxa regia Kunth recommended
  3. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  5. Glassman, S. F. 1972. A revision of B. E. Dahlgren's Index of American palms. Phanerog. Monogr. 6:1-294.
  6. Henderson, A. et al. 1995. Field guide to the palms of the Americas
  7. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  8. IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
  9. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  10. Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541 Note: = Roystonea elata (Bartram) F. Harper
  11. Moore, H. E., Jr. 1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:163.
  12. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  13. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  14. 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.
  15. Zona, S. 1996. Roystonea (Arecaceae: Arecoideae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 71:25-28.
Common names
English
Cuban royal palm –
Florida royal palm –
royal palm –
French
palmier royal –
German
Königspalme –
kubanische Königspalme –
Portuguese
palmeira-real –
Spanish
chaguaramo –
palma criolla –
palma real –
yagua –
Swedish
kungspalm –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFloridas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoCampeche 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoTabasco 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz de Ignacio de la Llave 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoYucatán 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBahamasInagua 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCayman IslandsGrand Cayman 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaBelize  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHondurasAtlántida 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHondurasCortés 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida (s.)]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Bahamas [Inagua], Cuba, Cayman Islands [Grand Cayman]
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Honduras [Atlántida, Cortés]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental 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.
Materialsfiberfor thatchingHenderson, A. et al. 1995. Field guide to the palms of the Americas
Materialswood Henderson, A. et al. 1995. Field guide to the palms of the Americas
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=32237. Accessed 29 May 2025.