Washingtonia robusta H. Wendland

English: Washington Palm

German: Petticoatpalme, Washingtonie

Portuguese: Palmeira-de-leque-do-méxico, Palmeira-de-saia

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Liliopsida (397)

      Order: Arecales (29)

        Family: Arecaceae (29)(family description)

          Genus: Washingtonia (1)

            Epithet: robusta H. Wendland (2)

robusta => strong, big, gigantic

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Check for Washingtonia robusta at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [391] Washingtonia robusta - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

• [35] Barthlott,W. (1998): Dumonts große Pflanzenenzyklopädie. Dumont Verlag, Köln, Germany.
• [22] Lorenzi,H. et al. (2004): Palmeiras Brasileiras e Exóticas Cultivadas. Instituto Plantarum, Nova Odessa, São Paulo, Brazil.