Phoenix L.

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf States, Hainan, India, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Türkiye, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Azores, Bermuda, Bolivia, California, Cayman Is., Chad, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf of Guinea Is., Italy, Leeward Is., Libya, Madeira, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Northwest, Morocco, Mozambique Channel Is., New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., Northern Territory, Palestine, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, South Australia, Spain, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Victoria, Western Australia, Western Sahara

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

• F.T.A. 8: 102.
• Sp. Pl. 1188 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

• Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

• Becc. in Malesia 3: 345–416 (1890)
• L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 496 (1754)
• Sp. Pl.: 1188 (1753)