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Taxon: Washingtonia filifera (Linden ex André) H. Wendl.

Genus: Washingtonia
Family: Arecaceae (alt. Palmae) subfamily: Coryphoideae tribe: Corypheae subtribe: Livistoninae.
Nomen number: 41967
Place of publication: Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 37:lxi. 1879
Comment: this combination appears only in the index to the journal, not in Wendland's article, to which the index entry (p. 68) refers
Name verified on: 01-Feb-2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 05-Jun-2007
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • California fan palm   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  • California washingtonia   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  • cotton palm   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  • desert fan palm   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • petticoat palm   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • Washington palm   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  • palmier évantail de Californie   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

References:

  • Abbiw, D. K. 1990. Useful plants of Ghana. (Use Pl Ghana)
  • Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17) [lists as W. filifera (Linden ex André) H. Wendl.].
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer) [lists as W. filifera (Linden ex André) H. Wendl. ex de Bary].
  • Glassman, S. F. 1972. Revis. Index Amer. Palms.
  • Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield. 2005. World checklist of palms. (L Palms) [lists as W. filifera (Linden ex André) H. Wendl. ex de Bary].
  • Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep) [lists as W. filifera (Linden) H. Wendl.].
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • IPGRI. New World Fruits Database - on-line resource. (New World Fruits)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3) [lists as W. filifera (Linden) H. Wendl.].
  • Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. (Trees US) [lists as W. filifera (Linden ex André) H. Wendl.].
  • Moore, H. E., Jr. 1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:170,182. [lists as W. filifera (Linden) H. Wendl.].
  • 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) [lists as W. filifera (Linden) H. Wendl.].
  • Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict)
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Check other databases for Washingtonia filifera (Linden ex André) H. Wendl.:

  • Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
  • New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • 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:

  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images 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.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?41967 (09 February 2010)

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