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Accession Data:

Trachycarpus fortunei (Hook.) H. Wendl.

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

  • Country of Origin: China
  • 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.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199600018
  • Source: Chiltern Seeds
  • Accession Date: 09-05-1996
  • Bench: 1208 - AUS:Indo-Burma B
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-13-2015

Classification:

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

References:

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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

  • Livistoninae: Licuala densiflora
  • 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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