레기아로이스토네아-Roystonea regia O.F.Cook

레기아로이스토네아

 

 

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

 

 

국표에는 Roystonea (로이스토네아속)이 두 종이다. 두종간의 차이는 모르겠다.

 

재배식물	정명	Roystonea oleracea O.F.Cook	올레라케아로이스토네아	2011/12/08
재배식물	정명	Roystonea regia O.F.Cook	레기아로이스토네아	2011/12/08

 

Roystonea regia, commonly known as the Cuban royal palm, Florida royal palm, or simply the royal palm is a species of palm which is native to southern Florida, Mexico and parts of Central America and the Caribbean. 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. 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

대왕야자와도 큰 차이는 모르겠다.