Arecaceae
Livistona

Livistona chinensis (Jacq.) R.Br. ex Mart.

First published in Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 240 (1838)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Japan to China (Guangdong). It is a tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used as a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Bermuda, Dominican Republic, Florida, Hawaii, India, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Marianas, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.
  • Anh, T.T.P. & Henderson, A. (2017). Thực Vật Chí Việt Nam. Flora of Vietnam 13: 1-414. Nhà xuất bản khoa học và kỹ thuật, Hà Nội.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Dowe, J.L. (2009). A taxonomic account of Livistona R.Br. (Arecaceae). Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 60: 185-344.
  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Liu, H.S. (2011). Taxonomic notes on Livistona (Palmae) in flora of China. Bulletin of Botanical Research, Harbin 31: 644-648.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Oppenheimer, H. (2011). New Hawaiian plant records for 2009. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 220: 5-10.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 1: 1-897. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Siebert, S.J., Zobolo, A.M. & Dowe, J.L. (2010). Livistona chinensis, a first record of a naturalised palm in South Africa. Bothalia 40: 55-57.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

  • Dowe, J.L., A taxonomic account of Livistona R.Br. (Arecaceae)

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.
  • Anh, T.T.P. & Henderson, A. (2017). Thực Vật Chí Việt Nam. Flora of Vietnam 13: 1-414. Nhà xuất bản khoa học và kỹ thuật, Hà Nội.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Dowe, J.L. (2009). A taxonomic account of Livistona R.Br. (Arecaceae). Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 60: 185-344.
  • 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.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 1: 1-897. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Siebert, S.J., Zobolo, A.M. & Dowe, J.L. (2010). Livistona chinensis, a first record of a naturalised palm in South Africa. Bothalia 40: 55-57.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

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
  • 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/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 28, 2003 Rutherford, S.; Bandara, M.M.P. [R101] Sri Lanka K000209869 No
Jul 20, 2003 Nur [s.n.] Singapore K000209860 No
Jun 23, 2003 Bojer [s.n.] K000209858 No
Jan 1, 2003 Furuse, M [4570] Japan K000209598 No
Jan 1, 2003 Ohwi, J.; Okamoto, K. [TSM995] Japan K000209596 No
Jan 1, 2003 Furuse, M [4177] Japan K000209599 No
Jan 1, 2003 Ohwi, J.; Okamoto, K. [TSM995] Japan K000209597 No
Oct 24, 2002 Wood, K.R.; Schleck, R. [2102] K000209868 No
Nov 11, 1985 Churchill, H.W.; Churchill, A. [6023] Panama K000209861 No
Sep 21, 1978 Melegrito [10029] Malaysia K000209870 No
Nov 15, 1976 Deighton, J.C. [2978] Sierra Leone K000209910 No
Jan 29, 1975 Harris, S.A. [TP538] Guyana K000209865 No
Mar 9, 1934 Henry, A. [Formosa821] Taiwan K000209918 Yes
Mar 9, 1934 Henry, A. [Formosa821] Taiwan K000209594 No
Mar 9, 1934 Henry, A. [Formosa821] Taiwan K000209919 Yes
Jan 1, 1887 Beccari, O. [s.n.] India K000209854 No
unknown [s.n.] K000209845 No
illegible [11] K000209859 No
Matthew, K.M. [RHT72880] India K000209862 No
Furtado, C.X. [SFN29397] Singapore K000209852 No
Greenway, P.J. [1042] Tanzania K000209978 Yes
Shiu Ying Hu [5452] China K000209857 No
Rutherford, S.; Bandara, M.M.P. [R52] Sri Lanka K000209871 No
Furtado, C.X. [SFN29398] Singapore K000209847 No
Furtado, C.X. [SFN29397] Singapore K000209851 No
Matthew, K.M. [RHT30953] India K000209863 No
unknown [s.n.] K000209856 No
Beccari, O. [s.n.] Indonesia K000209855 No
Furtado, C.X. [SFN29398] Singapore K000209848 No
Nur [s.n.] Singapore K000209864 No
Furtado, C.X. [SFN29396] Singapore K000209849 No
Dransfield, J. [4462] K:SPC-43751.000 No
unknown [s.n.] K000209907 No
Shiu Ying Hu [7067] China K000209595 No
Curtiss, A.H. [656] Cuba K000209975 Yes
Tambi, H.B. [s.n.] Singapore K000209980 Yes
unknown [s.n.] K000209976 Yes
Furtado, C.X. [SFN29398] Singapore K000209982 Yes
Furtado, C.X. [SFN29398] Singapore K000209981 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [1042] Tanzania K000209977 Yes
unknown [210] K000209901 No
unknown [s.n.] K000209974 Yes
Furtado, C.X. [SFN29398] Singapore K000209846 No
Cultivated [1982-5601] K000209867 No
Ndozi [FHI15441] Nigeria K000209853 No
McKee, H.S. [HM28130] New Caledonia K000707354 No
Wilson [8164] Japan K000209593 No
Furtado, C.X. [SFN29396] Singapore K000209850 No
Dransfield, J. [4463] K000209866 No
Tambi, H.B. [s.n.] Singapore K000209979 Yes
unknown [s.n.] K000209973 Yes
Dransfield, J. [4460] K:SPC-43761.000 No
Hance [s.n.] China K000209905 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • 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
    • Content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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