- Family:
- Arecaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Washingtonia H.Wendl.
Washingtonia filifera (Rafarin) H.Wendl. ex de Bary

[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- palma abanico, palma de abanico, palma washingtonia, palma wasintonia, washingtonia, wasintonia
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 2600 m.
- Morphology General Habit
- Árbol, palma solitaria
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Elevation range: 0–2600 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
- Habit
- Tree, Solitary palm.
- Conservation
- IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
[UPB]
The Useful Plants of Boyacá project
- Ecology
- Alt. 0 - 2600 m.
- Distribution
- Cultivated in Colombia.
- Morphology General Habit
- Tree.
[UPFC]
- Use Environmental
- Environmental uses.
- Use Fuel
- Used for fuels.
- Use Gene Sources
- Used as gene sources.
- Use Food
- Used for food.
- Use Materials
- Used as material.
- Use Medicines
- Medical uses.
[UPB]
- Use Materials
- Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
- Use Materials Unspecified Materials Chemicals
- Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Native to:
Arizona, California, Mexico Northwest
Introduced into:
Bolivia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Florida, Hawaii, Italy, Kriti, Madeira, Mexico Northeast, Nevada, New South Wales, Palestine, Sicilia, Spain
- Brahea dulcis J.G.Cooper
- Brahea filamentosa H.Wendl.
- Brahea filifera (Rafarin) W.Watson
- Livistona filamentosa (H.Wendl. ex Franceschi) R.Pfister
- Neowashingtonia filamentosa (H.Wendl. ex Franceschi) Sudw.
- Neowashingtonia filifera (Rafarin) Sudw.
- Pritchardia filamentosa H.Wendl. ex Franceschi
- Pritchardia filifera Rafarin
- Washingtonia filamentosa (H.Wendl. ex Franceschi) Kuntze
- Washingtonia filifera var. microsperma Becc.
- Washingtonia filifera var. typica M.E.Jones
Washingtonia filifera (Rafarin) H.Wendl. ex de Bary appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Dransfield, J. | 47972.000 | No | |||
Chase [DNA Bank30863] | K000526297 | No |
First published in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 37: LXI (1879)
Accepted by
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- von Raab-Straube, E. & Raus, T. (eds.) (2015). Euro+Med-Checklist notulae, 4 Willdenowia 45: 119-129.
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
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- IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
- Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
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