Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (H.Wendland) Wendl. & Drude, Arecaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Threat only at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  Low risk, score: 0 (Go to the risk assessment)

Common name(s): [more details]

English: bangalow palm, piccabeen bangalow palm, piccabeen palm

Habit:  tree

Description:  (description info not known by PIER)

Habitat/ecology:  (no habitat/ecology info known by PIER)

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  (native range not known by PIER)

Presence:

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Australia Australia (continental)	New South Wales	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Australia Australia (continental)	Queensland	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)

Comments:  Reported invasive in Brazil ("The invasion of a Brazilian tropical forest fragment by the Australian palm tree Archontophoenix cunninghamiana")

Additional information:  Additional online information about Archontophoenix cunninghamiana is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Taxonomic information about Archontophoenix cunninghamiana may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2007. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.