Taxon: Dypsis lutescens (H. Wendl.) Beentje & J. Dransf.

Common names:

• areca palm   (Source: Dict Gard as Chrysalidocarpus lutescens)
  
• areca-bambú   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005 as Chrysalidocarpus lutescens)
  
• butterfly palm   (Source: Dict Gard as Chrysalidocarpus lutescens)
  
• cane palm   (Source: Dict Gard as Chrysalidocarpus lutescens)
  
• golden-yellow palm   (Source: Dict Gard as Chrysalidocarpus lutescens)
  
• palmeira-areca   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005 as Chrysalidocarpus lutescens)
  
• yellow butterfly palm   (Source: Dict Gard as Chrysalidocarpus lutescens)
  
• yellow palm   (Source: Dict Gard as Chrysalidocarpus lutescens)
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Gen Palm; Zander ed13)
  

Distributional range:

Native:

• AFRICA
  Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar [e.]

Other:

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13) [= Chrysalidocarpus].
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard) [= Chrysalidocarpus lutescens].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Uhl, N. W. & J. Dransfield. 1987. Genera Palmarum. (Gen Palm) [= Chrysalidocarpus].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Dypsis lutescens.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Dypsis lutescens. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Areca lutescens hort.
  
• (≡) Chrysalidocarpus lutescens H. Wendl. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 11 accessions)

Check other databases for Dypsis lutescens (H. Wendl.) Beentje & J. Dransf.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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