Livistona chinensis
in C. F. P. von Martius et al., Historia Naturalis Palmarum 3: 240, plate 146. 1838.
Common names: Chinese fan palm palmier évantail de Chine
IntroducedIllustrated
Basionym: Latania chinensis Jacquin Fragm. Bot., 16, plate 11, fig. 1. 1801
Synonyms: Saribus chinensis (Jacquin) Blume.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22. Treatment on page 102.
Illustrator:
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Leaves: segment apices lax. Inflorescences with single primary axis and 3 orders of branching. Fruits usually oblong or olive-shaped (rarely globose), ripening from green to blue-green. 2n = 36.
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Disturbed hammocks and mesic woods
Elevation: 0–10 m
Distribution
Introduced; Fla., native to Asia (southern China, Bonin Islands).
Discussion
Livistona chinensis is nNaturalized in Florida (E. H. Butts 1959).
Selected References
Lower Taxa
None.