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Roystonea regia  (Kunth) O.F. Cook
Taxonomic Serial No.: 817244

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Roystonea elata (W. Bartram) F. Harper
  
    Roystonea regia auct. non (Kunth) O.F. Cook
  
    Palma elata Bartram
  
    Roystonea floridana O.F. Cook
  
    Oreodoxa regia Kunth
  
  Common Name(s): Cuban royal palm [English]
  
    Palma real cubana [Spanish]
  
    Florida royal palm [English]
  
    palmier royal [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderArecales   
                            FamilyArecaceae   
                               GenusRoystonea O.F. Cook – royal palm  
                                  SpeciesRoystonea regia (Kunth) O.F. Cook – Cuban royal palm, Palma real cubana, Florida royal palm, palmier royal  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Scott Zona  
  Notes: Curator, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Modesto A. Maidique Campus (MMC), 11200 S.W. 8th Street, Miami, Florida, 33199, USA   
  Reference for: Roystonea regia    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Palma real cubana[Spanish]   
       
  Source: Flora of the Hawaiian Islands, 2023, database (version 2023-)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Wagner, W. L. and N. R. Khan. 2023-. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/ [date accessed: February 24, 2023]   
  Reference for: Roystonea regia   
       
  Source: Kew family checklist, 2011, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, botanical information system at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, available at http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do   
  Reference for: Roystonea regia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brummitt, R. K.  
  Publication Date: 1996   
  Article/Chapter Title: Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 44   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Taxon, vol. 45, no. 4   
  Page(s): 671-681   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0040-0262   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Roystonea regia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Zona, Scott A. / Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title: Arecaceae Schultz-Schultzenstein: Palm Family   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 22: Magnoliophyta: Alismatidae, Arecidae, Commelinidae (in part), and Zingiberidae   
  Page(s): 95-123   
  Publisher: Oxford University Press   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-19-513729-9   
  Notes: The volumes are also reproduced online (http://www.fna.org/)   
  Reference for: Roystonea regia, Cuban royal palm [English], Florida royal palm [English], palmier royal [French]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
    Middle America  
    Oceania  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Hawaii, Introduced  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: The name Roystonea regia (Kunth) O.F. Cook has been conserved over older basionym Roystonea elata W. Bartram (R. K. Brummitt 1996)  
 

 

    

 
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