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Livistonia Saribus
''Livistona'' is a genus of Arecaceae, palms, the Family (taxonomy), botanical family Arecaceae, native to Southeast Asia, southeastern and East Asia, eastern Asia, Australasia, and the Horn of Africa. They are fan palms, the leaf, leaves with an armed petiole terminating in a rounded, :wikt:costapalmate, costapalmate fan of numerous leaflets. ''Livistona speciosa, L. speciosa'', locally called ''kho'', gives its name to Amphoe Khao Kho, Khao Kho District in Thailand. Taxonomy The genus was established by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773), Robert Brown in his ''Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen, Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae'' (1810) to accommodate his descriptions of two species collected during an expedition to Australia. The names published by Brown were ''Livistona humilis'' and ''Livistona inermis, L. inermis'', describing material he had collected in the north of Australia, a partial taxonomic revision in 1963 nominated the first of these as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livistona Chinensis
''Livistona chinensis'', the Chinese fan palm or fountain palm, is a species of subtropical palm tree of east Asia. It is native to southern Japan, Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, southeastern China and Hainan. In Japan, two notable populations occupy islands near the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, Aoshima, Miyazaki, Aoshima and Tsuki Shima. It is also reportedly naturalized in South Africa, Mauritius, Réunion, the Andaman Islands, Java, New Caledonia, Micronesia, Hawaii, Florida, Bermuda, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Description Vegetative characteristics ''Livistona chinensis'' can attain heights of about and a spread of . The leaves are fan shaped. Cultivation The palm is cultivated as an ornamental tree in gardens and conservatories. It is hardy in USDA hardiness zones, USDA zones 9-11, tolerating temperatures down to about . They are often grown as a landscape palm in hot and wet tropical and subtropical climates like eastern Australia, Southeast Asia, and the sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
