Phoenix andamanensis Sander & C.F.Sander ex R.H.Pearson
, Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 53(1375): 294 (1913).- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60461581-2
- Publication
- Gardeners' Chronicle. London
- Collation
- ser. 3, 53(1375): 294
- Date of Publication
- 3 May 1913
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Arecaceae
Type Information
- Distribution Of Types
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India, Indian Subcontinent, Asia-Tropical)
Remarks
protologue: Phcenix andamanensis, as the name indicates, is a Date Palm from the Andaman Islands. It has been in cultivation for many years at Kew, but we have never seen it elsewhere until Messrs. Sander obtained seedlings of it from its wild habitat. It differs from all other cultivated species of Phcenix in the regularity of its pinnae and in the terminal one being narrow. It has practically no spines. In habit it is more elegant than any of the larger-growing date Palms, not even excepting P. rupicola, which it somewhat resembles. It is likely to prove a useful ornamental Palm for tropical gardens and plant houses. Authorship: R.H.Pearson was the managing editor of the journal.