Roystonea
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For other uses, see Royal Palm (disambiguation).
Roystonea is a genus of eleven species of monoecious palms, native to the Neotropics, in the Caribbean, the adjacent coasts of Florida in the United States, Mexico, Central America and northern South America.[3][4][5] Commonly known as the royal palms, the genus was named after Roy Stone, a U.S. Army engineer. It contains some of the most recognizable and commonly cultivated palms of tropical and subtropical regions.
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Roystonea regia | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
Tribe: | Roystoneae J.Dransf., N.W.Uhl, Asmussen, W.J.Baker, M.M.Harley & C.Lewis [1] |
Genus: | Roystonea O.F.Cook [2] |
Type species | |
Roystonea regia | |
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