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'''''Washingtonia robusta''''', the '''Mexican fan palm''' or '''Mexican washingtonia''', is a [[Arecaceae|palm tree]] native to western [[Sonora]] and [[Baja California Sur]] in northwestern [[Mexico]]. It is reportedly naturalized in [[Florida]], [[California]], [[Hawaii]], [[Texas]], parts of the [[Canary Islands]], [[Italy]], [[Lebanon]], [[Spain]], and [[Réunion]].<ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=214261 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families,''Washingtonia robusta'' ]</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Washingtonia%20robusta.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]</ref> |
'''''Washingtonia robusta''''', the '''Mexican fan palm''' or '''Mexican washingtonia''', is a [[Arecaceae|palm tree]] native to western [[Sonora]] and [[Baja California Sur]] in northwestern [[Mexico]]. It is reportedly naturalized in [[Florida]], [[California]], [[Hawaii]], [[Texas]], parts of the [[Canary Islands]], [[Italy]], [[Israel]], [[Lebanon]], [[Spain]], and [[Réunion]].<ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=214261 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families,''Washingtonia robusta'' ]</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Washingtonia%20robusta.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]</ref> |
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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Revision as of 12:45, 11 February 2021
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Tribe: | Trachycarpeae |
| Genus: | Washingtonia |
| Species: | W. robusta
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Synonymy
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Washingtonia robusta, the Mexican fan palm or Mexican washingtonia, is a palm tree native to western Sonora and Baja California Sur in northwestern Mexico. It is reportedly naturalized in Florida, California, Hawaii, Texas, parts of the Canary Islands, Italy, Israel, Lebanon, Spain, and Réunion.[3][4]
Description
W. robusta grows to 25 m (82 ft) tall, rarely up to 30 m (98 ft). The leaves have a petiole up to 1 m (3.3 ft) long, and a palmate fan of leaflets up to 1 m long. The inflorescence is up to 3 m (9.8 ft) long, with numerous small, pale orange-pink flowers. The fruit is a spherical, blue-black drupe, 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) diameter; it is edible, though thin-fleshed.[5]
Cultivation
Like the closely related Washingtonia filifera (California fan palm), it is grown as an ornamental tree. Although very similar, the Mexican washingtonia has a narrower trunk (which is typically somewhat wider at the base), and grows slightly faster and taller; it is also somewhat less cold hardy than the California washingtonia, hardy to about −8 °C (18 °F).
Field research conducted on W. robusta in its native habitat on the Baja California peninsula concluded that its potential longevity may exceed 500 years.[6]
Supporting research by Barry Tomlinson and Brett Huggett states that there is "evidence for extreme longevity of metabolically functioning cells of considerable diversity in palm stems."[7] Many of the iconic "sky dusters" of Los Angeles that have survived the chainsaws of progress are documented in photography from the 19th century.
The Mexican fan palm is normally grown in the desert Southwestern United States, in areas such as California, Arizona, southern Nevada, and Texas, some are found growing as far north as St. George, Utah in the extreme northern Mojave Desert. It also cultivated in the coastal areas of South Atlantic states and the Gulf Coast, including extreme southern North Carolina, coastal South Carolina, southern Georgia, and Florida. Along the Gulf Coast, Mexican fan palms can be found growing along the Florida west coast westward to South Texas.
Washingtonia × filibusta is a hybrid of W. robusta and W. filifera, and has intermediate characteristics of the two parents, especially greater tolerance of wet cold.[8]
Gallery
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Flowering palm in Chandler, Arizona -
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Inflorescence -
Arizona State University's Palm Walk -
Species in Venice Beach, California -
Washingtonia Robusta growing in Saint Simons Island Georgia. -
Washingtonia robusta and Canary Island date palms are commonly seen lining many streets throughout San Jose, California. -
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Species line Santa Clara Street in San Jose, California -
Oldest palms in Los Angeles, planted circa 1875 -
A Mexican fan palm tree in Enterprise, Alabama
References
- ^ "Washingtonia robusta". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families,Washingtonia robusta
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Little, Elbert L. (1994) [1980]. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Western Region (Chanticleer Press ed.). Knopf. p. 326. ISBN 0394507614.
- ^ Bullock, S.H.; Heath, D. (2006). "Growth rates and age of native palms in the Baja California desert". Journal of Arid Environments. 67 (3): 391–402. Bibcode:2006JArEn..67..391B. doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.03.002.
- ^ Tomlinson, P. Barry; Huggett, Brett A. (2012-12-01). "Cell longevity and sustained primary growth in palm stems". American Journal of Botany. 99 (12): 1891–1902. doi:10.3732/ajb.1200089. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 23221497.
- ^ Riffle, Robert Lee (2008). Timber Press Pocket Guide to Palms. Timber Press Pocket Guides. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-88192-776-4.
