Phoenix canariensis Hort.ex Chabaud

English: Canary Island Date Palm

German: Kanarische Dattelpalme

Portuguese: Palmeiras-das-canárias

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Liliopsida (397)

      Order: Arecales (29)

        Family: Arecaceae (29)(family description)

          Genus: Phoenix (3)

            Epithet: canariensis Hort.ex Chabaud (2)

canariensis => from the Canary Islands, or Canary-like

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: white

Check for Phoenix canariensis at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [1191] Phoenix - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
• [1754] Phoenix canariensis - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

• [3] González, G.L. (2004): Guia de los árboles y arbustos de la Península Iberica y Baleares. Mundi-Prensa Libros, Madrid, Spain.
• [22] Lorenzi,H. et al. (2004): Palmeiras Brasileiras e Exóticas Cultivadas. Instituto Plantarum, Nova Odessa, São Paulo, Brazil.
• [11] Schönfelder, I. and Schönfelder, P. (1999): Die Kosmos-Mittelmeerflora. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart, Germany.