Pseudophoenix sargentii
| Pseudophoenix sargentii | |
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| Pseudophoenix sargentii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Pseudophoenix |
| Species: | P. ekmanii |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudophoenix sargentii H.Wendl. ex Sarg. | |
Pseudophoenix sargentii (Florida cherry palm,[1] buccaneer palm, Sargent’s cherry palm, cherry palm, palma de guinea, cacheo, kuká) [2][3] is a medium-sized palm native to the northern Caribbean, eastern Mexico, and extreme southeast Atlantic Florida. [4]
Description
Pseudophoenix sargentii is usually near the sea on sandy or limestone soils. The palm grows in a ringed truck fashion to 8 metres tall and up to 30 centimetres in diameter, often slightly swollen. Yellowish flowers are spaced in lose clusters. [3]
Cultivation
Pseudophoenix sargentii is a handsome palm and cultivated in the specialty horticulture trade and available as an ornamental palm for private gardens, habitat gardens, and various types of municipal, commercial, and agency sustainable landscape and restoration projects.[3]
References
- ↑ "Pseudophoenix sargentii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ↑ Cherry palm in the United States, palma de guinea in Cuba, cacheo in the Dominican Republic, kuká in Mexico
- 1 2 3 Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08537-4.
- ↑ "Pseudophoenix sargentii". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2007-10-26.