Native to Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast; introduced into Assam, El Salvador, Leeward Is., Panamá, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

January 12, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Collier

25.998333, -81.406111

Location Remarks

Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, off James Memorial Scenic Dr., northwest of Copeland.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Arecales

Family

Arecaceae

Genus

Roystonea

Specific Epithet

regia

Authorship

(Kunth) O.F.Cook

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.1

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#293,436 of 335,497

Top 88%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →