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|accepted_name=Dypsis lutescens
|accepted_authority=(H. Wendland) Beentje & J. Dransfield
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Palms Madagascar
|place=212. 1995
|year=1995
}}
|common_names=Areca palm;butterfly palm
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
|authority=H. Wendland
|rank=species
|publication_title=Bot. Zeitung (Berlin)
|publication_place=36: 117. 1878
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Arecaceae;Arecaceae subfam. Arecoideae;Arecaceae tribe Areceae;Arecaceae (tribe Areceae) subtribe Dypsidinae;Dypsis;Dypsis lutescens
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Arecaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Arecaceae subfam. Arecoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Arecaceae tribe Areceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Arecaceae (tribe Areceae) subtribe Dypsidinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Dypsis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Dypsis lutescens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>2–2.5 m; segments 60–70 cm, strongly ascending. <b>Fruits</b> yellow, ellipsoid, 2.0–2.5 cm; yellow; apex acute; stigmatic scar basal. <b>2n</b> = 32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring-- through summer.
|habitat=Moist organic soil over limestone in mesic hammocks and disturbed wooded areas
|elevation=0–10 m
|distribution=Fla.;native;Africa (native to Madagascar).
|discussion=<p>This species is a commonly cultivated ornamental palm in Florida, where it has escaped and sporadically naturalized in Dade County.</p>
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name=Dypsis lutescens
|authority=(H. Wendland) Beentje & J. Dransfield
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
|family=Arecaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring-- through summer.
|habitat=Moist organic soil over limestone in mesic hammocks and disturbed wooded areas
|elevation=0–10 m
|distribution=Fla.;native;Africa (native to Madagascar).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Palms Madagascar
|publication year=1995
|special status=
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|subfamily=Arecaceae subfam. Arecoideae
|tribe=Arecaceae tribe Areceae
|subtribe=Arecaceae (tribe Areceae) subtribe Dypsidinae
|genus=Dypsis
|species=Dypsis lutescens
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