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Washingtonia
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Washingtonia is a monotypic genus of monoecious palms, native to the southwestern United States (in Arizona, California, and Nevada) and northwest Mexico (in Baja California, Baja California Sur, and Sonora). Commonly known as the desert fan palm, the genus was named in honor of George Washington, the first U.S. President, by the German botanist Hermann Wendland in 1879. The genus is among the most recognizable and widely cultivated palms worldwide.
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Washingtonia is a genus within the plant kingdom, classified under the phylum Tracheophyta. Taxonomic records indicate it belongs to the class Magnoliopsida and the order Arecales. The genus is assigned to the family Arecaceae, although other sources list it under the family Apiaceae. Its taxonomic status is accepted, and it was described by H. Wendland in 1879.
The genus has a substantial presence in biological occurrence databases, with a recorded count of 580578322. It is also referenced by 258 other encyclopedia articles.
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PHYLUM
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderArecales
- FamilyArecaceae
丝葵属（学名：Washingtonia）又名华盛顿棕属，是棕榈目棕榈科下的一个属。原产于美国西南部和墨西哥西北部。该属有两个种：丝葵（Washingtonia filifera）和大丝葵（Washingtonia robusta）。两个物种均被栽培作为观赏树木，广泛种植。
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Washingtonia is a monotypic genus of monoecious palms, native to the southwestern United States (in Arizona, California, and Nevada) and northwest Mexico (in Baja California, Baja California Sur, and Sonora). Commonly known as the desert fan palm, the genus was named in honor of George Washington, the first U.S. President, by the German botanist Hermann Wendland in 1879. The genus is among the most recognizable and widely cultivated palms worldwide.
==Description== They are fan palms (subfamily Coryphoideae), with petioles armed with sharp thorns terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets. The flowers are in a dense inflorescence, with the fruits maturing into a small blackish-brown drupe 6–10 mm in diameter with a thin layer of sweet flesh over the single seed.
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