Summary ⁷

Phoenix canariensis is a species of flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae, native to the Canary Islands. It is a relative of Phoenix dactylifera, the true date palm. It is the natural symbol of the Canary Islands, together with the canary Serinus canaria.

Description ⁸

Solitary stout palm. Trunk columnar, 12-16 m high, 90-140 cm in diameter, covered with large closely-placed leaf scars. Leaves many, large, widely spreading 5-6 m long, forming a dense crown; leaflets numerous, green, shining, more or less regularly arranged or paired along rachis in one plane. Inflorescence elongate. Male flowers small, c. 4 mm long, petals not acuminate; female flowers with calyx almost as long as the petals. Fruit oblong-ellipsoid, yellow to reddish with coarse, fibrous, tasteless, dry flesh, c. 2 cm long, 1.2 cm in diameter.

Fuentes y créditos

1. (c) BJ Stacey, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3762/9008883534_21e734105c_o.jpg
2. (c) 2005 Luigi Rignanese, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=177478&one=T
3. (c) 2005 Luigi Rignanese, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=177480&one=T
4. (c) Frank Vincentz, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Phoenix_canariensis_%28Barlovento%29_08.jpg
5. (c) Katherine Anderson, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/42185833@N00/4237024774
6. (c) Miguel Ángel Sicilia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Miguel Ángel Sicilia
7. Adaptado por earthwatchtrees del trabajo de (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_canariensis
8. (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/5005499

Más información

• NaturaLista página del taxón
• African Plants - a photo guide
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Calflora
• CalPhotos
• Catalogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
• eFloras.org
• Flora Digital de Portugal
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Jepson eFlora
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• World Flora Online

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