Common Name: queen palm
Family: Arecaceae
Common Synonyms: Arecastrum romanzoffiana, Calappa acrocomioides, C. martiana, C. plumosa, C. romanzoffiana, Cocos acrocomioides, C. arechvaletana
USDA Hardiness Zone: 9B-11
Growth Habit: Tree
Origin: South America
FISC Category: 2
FDACS Listed Noxious Weed: No
Introduction Date: Earliest Florida specimen available vouchered in 1964
IFAS Assessment:
Palm tree with a single trunk. Leaves are glossy, bright green, soft, pinnate and form a drooping canopy. Bright orange fruit produced in handing clusters ripen during the winter months. The trunk is grey and retains rings from old leaf scars.
Disturbed hammocks and woodlands. Central and southern peninsula.
Planted in southern and central Florida. Volunteers readily in natural areas. Escaped from cultivation.
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IFAS. 2011. Integrated Management of Nonnative Plants in Natural Areas of Florida. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/WG/WG20900.pdf Accessed June 13 2017.
Langeland, K.A., H.M. Cherry, C.M. McCormick, K.C. Burks. 2008. Identification and Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas-Second Edition. IFAS Publication SP 257. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Gilman, Edward F. and Watson, Dennis G. IFAS. 2003. Syagrus romanzoffiana: Queen Palm. http://polk.ifas.ufl.edu/hort/documents/publications/Queen%20palm.pdf Accessed June 13, 2017.
Wunderlin, Richard P., and Bruce F. Hansen. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida. 3rd ed. Gainesville, FL: U of Florida, 2011.