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List of palms of the park of Maspalomas – Palmetum

Canarius | 05 de abril de 2010 |
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The Palmetum of Maspalomas

The Palmetum of Maspalomas is a public area of 20.000 m2 devoted to palms, in the dry and sunny South of Gran Canaria.

Palmetum of Maspalomas opened in July 2008 and now hosts a growing collection of rare palms.

This is the list of species of palms growing in the park:

  • Acoelorrhaphae wrightii
  • Adonidia merilli
  • Allagoptera arenaria
  • Archontophoenix alexandrae
  • Archontophoenix cunnighamiana
  • Areca catechu
  • Areca lutencens
  • Areca triandra
  • Arenga australásica
  • Arenga engleri
  • Arenga micrantha
  • Arenga tremula
  • Bismarckia nobilis
  • Brahea armata
  • Butya yatay
  • Carpentaria acuminata
  • Caryota maxima
  • Caryota obtusa
  • Caryota mitis
  • Caryota urens
  • Ceroxilon alpinum
  • Chamerops humilis
  • Chanbeyronia macrocarpa
  • Coccothrinax sp
  • Copernicia alba
  • Copernicia berteroana
  • Cryosophila argentea
  • Dictyosperma album
  • Dypsis lastelliana
  • Dypsis leptocheilos
  • Dypsis madagascariensis
  • Eleais guinensis
  • Gaussia maya
  • Howea belmoreana
  • Howeia forsteriana
  • Hyophorbe lagenecaulis
  • Hyophorbe verschafeltii
  • Jubaea chilensis
  • Jubaeopsis caffra
  • Latania loddigesii
  • Latania lontaroides
  • Latania verschaffeltii
  • Livistonia benthamii
  • Livistonia chinensis
  • Livistonia australis
  • Livistonia marieae
  • Nannorrhops ritchiana
  • Parajubaea torally var. microcarpa
  • Parajubaea torally var. torally
  • Phoenix canariensis
  • Phoenix dactilifera
  • Phoenix reclinata
  • Phoenix roebelenii
  • Pseudophoenix sargentii
  • Pseudophoenix vinifera
  • Pritchardia hillebrandii
  • Pritchardia pacifica
  • Ptychosperma elegans
  • Ptychosperma macarthurii
  • Ptychosperma salomonense
  • Raphia farinifera
  • Ravenea rivularis
  • Ravenea xerophyla
  • Rhapis excelsa
  • Roystonea oleracea
  • Roystonea regia
  • Serenoa repens
  • Syagrus romanzoffiana
  • Syagrus schizophylla
  • Trachicarpus wagnerianus
  • Trachycarpus takil
  • Trithrinax brasilensis
  • Thrinax sp
  • Veitchia joannis
  • Veitchia arecina
  • Wallichia densiflora
  • Woodyetia bifurcata
  • Sabal mauritiiformis
  • Sabal palmetto
  • Sabal yapa

The collection of palm trees is impressive Maspalomas Palmetum is very interesting.

List of new palm species for May-June 2010

Canarius | 31 de marzo de 2010 |
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New palm species are always sprouting in the palm nursery. Seeds take two or three years of growth and then they can be sold through the website at Canarius.com, in the palm section of the shop.

In the next few months we will add the following palm species to our catalog.

They are more than seedling now and they will reach their optimal size in few m0nths.

Palm species 2010

  • Arenga hookeriana
  • Brahea sarukhanii
  • Brahea sp. Nuri
  • Brahea sp. Super Silver
  • Butia odorata
  • Calamus erinaceus
  • Chamadorea ernesti-augusti
  • Chamadorea microspadix
  • Chamadorea pinnatifrons
  • Chamadorea plumosa
  • Coccothrinax boschiana
  • Copernicia hospita
  • Corypha umbraculifera
  • Cyphopoenix elegans
  • Cyphopoenix nucele
  • Dictyocaryum lamarckianum
  • Dypsis ambositrae
  • Dypsis pinnatifrons
  • Euterpe edulis
  • Guihaia argyrata
  • Licuala peltata var. sumawongii
  • Parajubaea cocoides
  • Phoenix roebeleni
  • Pritchardia munroi
  • Ravenea madagascariensis
  • Ravenea sambiranensis
  • Ravenea xerophila
  • Trachycarpus fortunei
  • Trithrinax brasiliensis

We await your comments and questions about our palm species for 2010.