Phoenix caespitosa

taxobox
name = Phoenix caespitosa
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Arecales
familia = Arecaceae
genus = "Phoenix"
species = "P. caespitosa"
binomial = "Phoenix caespitosa"
binomial_authority = Chiov.|

"Phoenix caespitosa" ("caespitosa" - Latin, clumped or tufted) is a species of flowering plant in the palm family native to the Arabian Peninsula and the deserts of Somalia. This species grows in large clumps near oases or underground springs. The trunks are short, often subterranean, in readily clumping clusters with 3 m leaves divided into 15 to 45 cm, bluish-green leaflets.

External links

* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?415080 U.S.D.A. Site]

References

*Riffle, Robert L. and Craft, Paul (2003) An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN-10: 0881925586 / ISBN-13: 978-0881925586 (Page 400)