Trachycarpus fortunei(Hook.) H.Wendl.
First published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 8: 429 (1861)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Central China to N. Myanmar. It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is has environmental uses, as a medicine and for food.
Synonyms
Has 3 Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Chamaerops fortunei Hook. inBot. Mag. 86: t. 5221 (1860)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Trachycarpus caespitosus Becc. inBull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic., ser. 3, 20: 164 (1915)
- Trachycarpus wagnerianus Becc. inWebbia 5: 70 (1921)
Classification
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumStreptophyta
- ClassEquisetopsida
- SubclassMagnoliidae
- OrderArecales
- Family
- Genus
- SpeciesTrachycarpus fortunei
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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Aymerich, P. (2023). Notes sobre flora aŀlòctona a Catalunya. IV. Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural 87: 225-238.
- Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Grau, J. (2006). Palms of Chile: 1-203. Ediciones OIKOS Ltda., Santiago de Chile.
- 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.
- Jousson, A., Stauffer, F. & Naciri, Y. (2021). Comprendre la colonisation du palmier Trachycarpus fortunei au sud des Alpes: une approche multidisciplinaire. Saussurea; Travaux de la Société Botanique de Genève 50: 105-112.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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
- 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.
- Aymerich, P. (2023). Notes sobre flora aŀlòctona a Catalunya. IV. Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural 87: 225-238.
- Jousson, A., Stauffer, F. & Naciri, Y. (2021). Comprendre la colonisation du palmier Trachycarpus fortunei au sud des Alpes: une approche multidisciplinaire. Saussurea; Travaux de la Société Botanique de Genève 50: 105-112.
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/
- 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/
- 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 1996 | s.coll. [s.n.] | K:SPC-76769.000 | No | ||
| Jun 1, 1912 | s.coll. [s.n.] Japan | K000736083 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | |
| s.coll. [s.n.] Jamaica | K000736112 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
| Baker, W.J. [1192] | K:SPC-64479.000 | No | |||
| China | K:SPC-62900.000 | No | |||
| Chase, M.W. [MC30051] | K000707515 | No | |||
| Expd to Sichuan (SICH) [325] China | K:SPC-76771.000 | No | |||
| Forrest, G. [na] China | K001287166 | No | |||
| s.coll. [s.n.] Jamaica | K000736113 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
| Chiao, C, Y. [na] China | K001287165 | No | |||
| China | K:SPC-62943.000 | No | |||
| Chase, M.W. [22362] | K000696056 | No | |||
| Tsang, W.T. [20.115] China | K001287164 | No | |||
| United Kingdom | K:SPC-62808.000 | No | |||
| Dransfield; Loder [4935] | K:SPC-43729.000 | No |
Sources
Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1
- Angiosperm Threat Predictions
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
- ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
EBC Common Names
- Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection
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 2025. 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 2025. 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