Flora of North America species comparison

The green links below add additional plants to the comparison table. Blue links lead to other Web sites.
enable glossary links

Syagrus romanzoffiana

queen palm
Stems

solitary, smooth, with conspicuous nodal rings.
Leaves

ca. 5 m.
Fruits

3.0–3.5 cm, ovoid, yellowish orange;

endocarp ovoid, brown, with 3 germination pores.
2n

= 32.

Syagrus romanzoffiana
Phenology Flowering throughout the year.
Habitat Disturbed hammocks and woodlands
Elevation ca. 0–30 m (ca. 0–100 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; South America; native [Fla., introduced]
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Syagrus is tenuously represented in the flora by the cultivated ornamental S. romanzoffiana, still known in the nursery trade as Cocos plumosa. This South American species is widely planted throughout much of southern and central Florida. Although it is not yet widely established in the flora, seedlings volunteer in natural areas, and mature plants persist after cultivation. A closely related ornamental palm from South America, Butia capitata (Martius) Beccari, jelly palm, is widely grown in the southeastern United States and crosses with Syagrus romanzoffiana, producing × Butyagrus nabonnandii (A. R. Proschowsky) Vorster, largely sterile hybrids. Butia shows little inclination for escaping.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 22, p. 121.
Parent taxa Arecaceae > subfam. Arecoideae > tribe Cocoeae > subtribe Butiinae > Syagrus
Synonyms Cocos romanzoffiana, Arecastrum romanzoffianum, Cocos plumosa
Name authority (Chamisso) Glassman: Fieldiana: Botany 31: 382. (1968)
Web links 
Unless otherwise noted, all data comes from the online version of the Flora of North America, who have made most of their content available via a Creative Commons license (CC BY 4.0).



Type/paste one or more Latin names into the boxes above; matching taxa will show up below the box as you type. You can use the up/down arrow keys to move through the list.

(If the plant you're looking for doesn't show up in the auto-complete list, that means it either isn't described in Flora of North America yet, or it's listed under a synonym. And please note that Flora of North America is still missing several plant families, including Fabaceae, Apiaceae, Boraginaceae, and Polemoniaceae.)

Choose a data source: Flora of North America

The species comparison tool is brought to you by:
Northwest Wildflowers