Family:
Arecaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Genus:
Washingtonia H.Wendl.

Washingtonia filifera (Rafarin) H.Wendl. ex de Bary

This species is accepted, and its native range is S. California to SW. Arizona and Mexico (N. Baja California). It is used as a medicine, has environmental uses and for fuel and food.

[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

Washingtonia filifera (Rafarin) H.Wendl. ex de Bary appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
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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  • Galanos, C.J. (2015). The alien flora of terrestrial and marine ecosystems of Rodos island (SE Aegean), Greece Willdenowia 45: 261-278.
  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Grau, J. (2006). Palms of Chile: 1-203. Ediciones OIKOS Ltda., Santiago de Chile.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Meyer, J.-Y., Lavergne, C. & Hodel, D.R. (2008). Time bombs in gardens: invasive ornamental palms in tropical islands, with emphasis on French Polynesia (Pacific Ocean) and the Mascarenes (Indian Ocean) Palms; Journal of the International Palm Society 52: 23-35.
  • von Raab-Straube, E. & Raus, T. (eds.) (2015). Euro+Med-Checklist notulae, 4 Willdenowia 45: 119-129.

Literature

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew’s Economic Botany collection in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

Kew Backbone Distributions

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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    ColPlantA database
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