Common name
English: Date Palm
German: Dattelpalmen
Portuguese: Tamareira
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Liliopsida (392)
Order: Arecales (29)
Family: Arecaceae (29)(family description)
Genus: Phoenix (3)
Epithet: dactylifera L. (1)
Synonyms: Palma dactylifera (L.) Mill., Phoenix chevalieri D.Rivera, S.Ríos & Obón, Phoenix iberica D.Rivera, S.Ríos & Obón
chevalieri => in honor of Auguste Jean Baptiste Chevalier (1873-1956), French botanist, taxonomist and explorer
dactylifera => finger(date)-bearing
iberica => refering to the Iberian peninsular or to Caucasian Iberia, corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of present day Georgia
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: tree
External links
Check for Phoenix dactylifera at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [1191] Phoenix - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database