Chamaerops humilis L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 1187 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & Central Medit. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is has environmental uses, as animal food and a medicine and for fuel and food.
Distribution
Native to:
Algeria, Baleares, France, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia
Introduced into:
Azores, Corse, Dominican Republic
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Corypha humilis (L.) Pynaert in Nursery Cat. (Éd. Pynaert - Van Geert) 1893-1894: 10 (1893)
- Phoenix humilis (L.) Cav. in Icon. 2: 12 (1793)
Accepted Infraspecifics
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2008). Flora Iberica 18: 1-420. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- 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
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- Dempewolf, H., Eastwood, R. J., Guarino, L., Khoury, C. K., Müller, J. V. & Toll, J. (2014). Adapting agriculture to climate change: a global initiative to collect, conserve, and use crop wild relatives. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 38, 369-377.
- Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
- Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
- FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
- GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
- 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/
- Palmweb (2021). Palmweb: Palms of the World Online. http://palmweb.org/node/2
- RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
- RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
- Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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29047.065 | No | ||||
29047.487 | No | ||||
Tuley, P. [5014], United Kingdom | 29047.702 | No | |||
Dransfield, J. [4461] | 43750.000 | No | |||
Dransfield, J. [7328], Spain | 62924.000 | No | |||
Dransfield, J. [7327], Spain | 63009.000 | No | |||
Dransfield, J. [7328], Spain | K000208610 | No | |||
Boissier, E. [s.n.], Spain | K000208612 | No | |||
Birch Wolfe, T. [s.n.], Italy | K000208619 | No | |||
Birch Wolfe, T. [s.n.], Italy | K000208620 | No | |||
Brenan, J.P.M. [9978], Portugal | K000208623 | No | |||
Bourgeau, E. [484], Spain | K000208625 | No | |||
Alexander, C. [s.n.], Italy | K000208627 | No | |||
Thomas, P. [s.n.], Italy | K000208629 | No | |||
unknown [847] | K000208633 | No | |||
Birch Wolfe, T. [s.n.], Algeria | K000208639 | No | |||
Beccari, O. [s.n.] | K000208647 | No | |||
Sanderson, H. [HS101], Morocco | K000208648 | No | |||
Fay [1157], Tunisia | K000208653 | No | |||
Gibbons, M. [s.n.], Morocco | K000208656 | No | |||
illegible [s.n.], Italy | K000208624 | No | |||
Birch Wolfe, T. [s.n.], Algeria | K000208641 | No | |||
Birch Wolfe, T. [s.n.], Algeria | K000208644 | No | |||
Edmonds, M.E. [99], Spain | K000208622 | No | |||
Trethewy, A.W. [98], Morocco | K000208638 | No | |||
Salzmann [s.n.] | K000208634 | No | |||
illegible [s.n.], Italy | K000208628 | No | |||
Sanderson, H. [HS105], Morocco | K000208652 | No | |||
unknown [s.n.], Italy | K000208630 | No | |||
Moris [s.n.], Italy | K000208635 | No | |||
Gibbons, M. [s.n.], Morocco | K000208655 | No | |||
Trethewy, A.W. [s.n.], Morocco | K000208637 | No | |||
Munby, G. [s.n.], Algeria | K000208642 | No | |||
Higgins, E.K. [s.n.], Spain | K000208616 | No | |||
Whiting, M.M. [156], Morocco | K000208646 | No | |||
unknown [s.n.], Italy | K000208631 | Yes | |||
Birch Wolfe, T. [s.n.], Algeria | K000208643 | No | |||
Barrow, S. [76], Spain | K000208609 | No | |||
illegible [s.n.] | K000208617 | No | |||
Dransfield, J. [JS7327], Spain | K000114471 | No | |||
illegible [s.n.], Italy | K000208626 | No | |||
Brummitt, R.K. [5936], Spain | K000208614 | No | |||
unknown [s.n.], Monaco | K000208636 | No | |||
Lemann [s.n.] | K000208632 | Yes | |||
Reverchon, E. [64], Spain | K000208618 | No | |||
Birch Wolfe, T. [s.n.], Algeria | K000208640 | No | |||
Sanderson, H. [HS104], Morocco | K000208651 | No | |||
Birch Wolfe, T. [s.n.], Italy | K000208621 | No | |||
Hooker [s.n.], Morocco | K000208645 | No | |||
Sanderson, H. [HS103], Morocco | K000208650 | No | |||
Sanderson, H. [HS102], Morocco | K000208649 | No | |||
Jury, S.L. [11708], Morocco | K000208657 | No | |||
Ellman, E. [324], Spain | K000208611 | No | |||
Bourgeau, E. [494], Spain | K000208613 | No | |||
Brummitt, R.K. [5936], Spain | K000208615 | No | |||
Gibbons, M. [s.n.], Morocco | K000208654 | No |
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images
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Palmweb - Palms of the World Online
- Palmweb 2011. Palmweb: Palms of the World Online. Published on the internet http://www.palmweb.org. Accessed on 21/04/2013
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0