Genus: Livistona
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Twenty-eight species of which 12 species are cultivated in
southern Africa. Some species, have been transferred to
Saribus.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Livistona alfredii (Millstream
palm)
Native to north-western Australia. |
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Livistona australis (Australian
cabbage palm) Native to eastern coastal areas of Australia. |
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Livistona carinensis (Somalian
cabbage palm) Native to Djibouti, Somalia and Yemen. |
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Livistona chinensis (Chinese
fountain palm) Native to coastal forests of China
(Guangdong and Hainan), Taiwan and southern Japan. |
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Livistona decora (Weeping
cabbage palm, Ribbon fan palm) [= Livistona decipiens] Native to
Queensland, Australia, from Magnetic Island near Townesville to Tewantin and
Rainbow Beach. |
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Livistona drudei
Native to coastal and near-coastal regions of Queensland, Australia. |
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Livistona fulva (Blackdown fan
palm)
Native to Queensland, Australia, where it is endemic to Blackdown Tableland. |
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Livistona inermis (Wispy fan
palm) Native to Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia. |
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Livistona loriphylla (Kimberley
fan palm) Native to the Kimberley region of Western Australia,
where it grows in open forest and woodlands, as well as on sandstone
outcrops and in gorges. |
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Livistona mariae (Giant cabbage
palm, Central Australian fan palm, Central Australian cabbage palm, Palm
Valley livistona ) Native to the Northern Territory, Australia,
where it is endemic to the Finke River system in the Macdonnell Ranges. |
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Livistona muelleri (Small
cabbage palm, Cairns fan palm) Native to Australia,
Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. |
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Livistona saribus (East Indian
cabbage palm, Serdang) Native to Laos, Vietnam, Kampuchea,
Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. |
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Links
Publications
- Bacon CD, Baker WJ. 2011. Saribus resurrected. Palms 55(3):
109-116.
- Dowe JL. 2009. A taxonomic account of Livistona R.Br.
(Arecaceae). Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 60(2): 185-344.
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