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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.

Roystonea regia information from PIER
Information on Roystonea regia as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

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.

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).

Risk assessments

Roystonea regia weed risk assessment for Hawaii-Pacific
Results of a weed risk assessment for Roystonea regia for the Hawaii-Pacific region are presented by the Hawaii-Pacific Weed Risk Assessment team.

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.

Roystonea regia images from PIER
Images of Roystonea regia provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

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.

Full-text articles

Control of non-native plants in natural areas of Florida
Langeland, K.A. and R.L. Stocker. (1997-)2001. Control of non-native plants in natural areas of Florida. SP 242, one of a series of the Department of Agronomy, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. First printed: 1997. Revised: April, 2001.

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