PALM TREE ENCYCLOPEDIA

COMMON NAMES & SPECIES NAMES

Links to Articles on Each With:

DESCRIPTIONS, CULTURE, PHOTOS

This section of our website was created for making it easy to read about species or genera of palms that you are interested in.  Some articles are comprehensive, others are short.  But, all show a good selection of any given species so you can get to know it.  We always mention cultural needs for any of the palms.  As we publish more articles on species, the lists below will be expanded.

Introduction

Below is a list of palms with each species or genus linked to an article.

There are two lists below: 
1.  First below Common Names  
2.  Followed by Scientific (Species/Genus) Names. 

Select whichever list is easier for you.  Then click on individual species or groups.  Both lists go to the same article but are obviously in a different order.  Some plants don’t have a common name and only a scientific name would be given in this case.  Names in either group are listed alphabetically.

Common Palm Tree Name

Areca Palm (short article)

Representative Photo

Areca Palm (comprehensive article) 

Bamboo Palm

Bismarck Palm, Blue Madagascar Palm

The Bottle Palm – Comparison to the
Spindle Palm

Chilean Wine Palm, Wine Palm

Cold Hardy Palms

Date Palm

Desert Palm Trees

Fan Palm Tree, Photos of Leaves

Fan Palm, Comprehensive Article

Fishtail Palms 

Flame Thrower Palm

Foxtail Palm 

Kentia Palm

King Palm

Lord Howe Island Palms

Madagascar Palm Trees

Majesty Palm

Mediterranean Fan Palm

Mule Palm

New Caledonia Palm Trees

NikauuPalm, aka Shaving Brush,Palm, aka Shaving Brush, Feather Duster or Norfolk Palm

Pindo Palm or Jelly Palm

Pygmy Date Palm

Queen Palm 

Royal Palm, Cuban Royal Palm

Shade Palms

Slender Lady Palm

Spiny Palm Tree

Traveler Palm

Understory New World Palm Trees

Variegated Lady Palm 

Scientific or Botanical Names

Acrocomia, Astrocaryum, Aiphanes &  Acanthophoenix

Representative Photos

Archontophoenix species

Bismarckia nobilis   

Butia capitata

Butia capitata x Syagrus romanzoffyana (The Mule Palm)

Brahea, Sabal, Trithrinax & other Fan Palms

Caryota species  

Chamaedoreaa, the genus 

Chamaedoreaa, suckering species

Chamaedorea, the species

Chamaedorea, Howea, Rhapis  and other Interior Palms

Chamaerops humilis

Chambeyronia macrocarpa and hookeri

Coccothrinax, Sabal, Priatchardia
and other Fan Palms 

Dypsis, Ravenea and other
Palms of Madagascar

Dypsis lutescens, short article 

Dypsis lutescens,
comprehensive article

Hedyscepe canterburyana, Howea and other species from Lord Howe Island

Howea forsteriana

Hyophorbe lagenicaulis –
Comparison to Hyophorbe verschafeltii

Jubaea chilensis

Kentiopsis, Burretiokentia and
other New Caledonian Palms

Livistona, Brahea, Sabal, and
other Desert Palms

Phoenix species

Phoenix roebelenii

Ravanala madagascarensis 

Ravenea rivularis 

Ravenea species 

Rhapis excelsa (coming soon)

Rhapis humilis

Rhapis excelsa variegated

Roystonea regia, other Roystonea 

Rhopalostylis, the genus &
species

Syagrus romanzoffiana 

Trachycarpus species 

Wodyetia bifurcata