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Accession Data:

Trachycarpus fortunei (Hook.) H. Wendl.

  • Common Name: Windmill Palm
  • Family: Arecaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: SC. China to N. Myanmar
  • Habitat: Mountainous regions, often snow covered in winter

  • Description: [syn. Trachycarpus excelsus]

  • Culture: This species prefers cooler, temperate conditions and will suffer in constant warm locations.
  • USDA Zone: 7b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199600018
  • Source: Chiltern Seeds
  • Accession Date: 09-05-1996
  • Bench: 1209 - AUS:Ground Bed 1 SE
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 07-11-2017

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Arecales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Arecaceae
  • SubFamily: Coryphoideae
  • Tribe: Trachycarpeae
  • SubTribe: Rhapidinae

References (internal):

  • Plants used in EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • Plants used in EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / Myanmar

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 26 February 2015.
  3. Plants For A Future Website

data regenerated on Sun, 23 Jul 2017 09:17:15 -0400

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Current Accessions in the Arecaceae

Subfamily Arecoideae
Tribe Areceae

  • Arecinae: Pinanga coronata
  • Cyrtostachydinae: Cyrtostachys renda
  • Ptychospermatinae: Ptychosperma macarthurii

Subfamily Ceroxyloideae
Tribe Hyophorbeae

  • Chamaedorea elegans
  • Chamaedorea elegans 'Bella'
  • Chamaedorea metallica

Subfamily Coryphoideae
Tribe Corypheae

  • Sabalinae: Sabal minor W/C
  • Sabalinae: Sabal palmetto

Subfamily Coryphoideae
Tribe Phoeniceae

  • Phoenix dactylifera

Subfamily Coryphoideae
Tribe Trachycarpeae

  • Rhapidinae: Chamaerops humilis
  • Rhapidinae: Trachycarpus fortunei
W/C = Wild Collected
- indicates flowering in past 10 days
- images available for this accession
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