Fan palm
The typically palmately compound leaf of a fan palm.
Fan palm as a descriptive term can refer to any of several different kinds of palms in various genera with leaves that are palmately lobed (rather than pinnately compound). Among these genera are:
- Bismarckia
- Borassus
- Coccothrinax
- Copernicia
- Hyphaene
- Licuala
- Pritchardia
- Rhapidophyllum
- Rhapis
- Sabal
- Thrinax
- Trachycarpus
- Trithrinax
Fan palm can also be used as part of the common name of particular genera or species. Among the palms commonly known as fan palms are:
- Chamaerops (European fan palm)
- Hyphaene petersiana (Real fan palm)
- Livistona (Chinese fan palm and others)
- Washingtonia (California fan palm, Mexican fan palm)
- Latania (Indian Ocean fan palms)
The Travellers palm (Ravenala madagascariensis) is often called a fan palm because of its distinctive shape; however it is not a true palm.
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