로이스토네아 레기아-Roystonea regia (Kunth)O.F.Cook

과명	Arecaceae (야자나무과)	속명	Roystonea (로이스토네아속)
전체학명	Roystonea regia O.F.Cook	추천명	로이스토네아 레기아
이명		외국명	Palm Cuban royal,Cuban royar

추천명변경: 레기아로이스토네아 -> 로이스토네아 레기아

 

국표에서는 야자나무과 로이스토네아 레기아로

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Roystonea regia, commonly known as the Cuban royal palm or Florida royal palm, is a species of palm that is native to Mexico, parts of Central America and the Caribbean, and southern Florida. A large and attractive palm, it has been planted throughout the tropics and subtropics as an ornamental tree. Although it is sometimes called R. elata, the conserved name R. regia is now the correct name for the species. The royal palm reaches heights from 50 to over 80 feet tall. Populations in Cuba and Florida were long seen as separate species, but are now considered to belong to a single species.

Best known as an ornamental, R. regia is also used as a source of thatch, construction timber, and in some forms of so-called traditional medicine, although there is currently no valid scientific evidence to support the efficacy or use of any palm species for medicinal purposes. The fruit is eaten by birds and bats (which disperse the seeds) and fed to livestock. Its flowers are visited by birds and bats, and it serves as a roosting site and food source for a variety of animals. Roystonea regia is the national tree of Cuba, and has a religious role both in Santería and Christianity, where it is used in Palm Sunday observances.