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Roystonea regia
(Arecaceae)

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Species description or overview

Roystonea regia, the royal palm
Roystonea regia lends a distinctive air to parkways and boulevards all over South Florida and the Caribbean.

Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Roystonea regia
Nomenclatural information about Roystonea regia is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

ITIS nomenclature info for Roystonea regia
Nomenclatural information about Roystonea regia is provided by ITIS.

IPNI nomenclature info for Roystonea regia
Nomenclatural information about Roystonea regia is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Impacts

Roystonea regia (Arecaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Roystonea regia as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Cultivation & propagation

Roystonea regia, the royal palm
Roystonea regia lends a distinctive air to parkways and boulevards all over South Florida and the Caribbean.

Images

Images of Roystonea regia (Arecaceae) (royal palm)
Links to high-resolution free images of Roystonea regia (Arecaceae) (royal palm) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Books

A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants
Perry, Frances and Roy Hay. 1982. A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants. Ward Lock Limited, Great Britain. 136 pp. illus. ISBN: 0-442-26859-9. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

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