Phoenix dactylifera

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Family Arecaceae

Taxonomy: Phoenix dactylifera L.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Palma dactylifera (L.) Mill. (nomenclatural synonym)
Phoenix excelsior Cav. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (18), NTH_2023 (2), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (10), Stephens_2023 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_2021 (12). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 32 traits from 60 records in 12 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 37.5 mm (20-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 25 mm (20-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 25 mm (20-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (2); orange (1); yellow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 2850 mm (450-7000 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 20 mm (20-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): palmoid (3); tree (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): semi_woody (1); woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1); wind (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 24 mm (24-24 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 8 mm (8-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 21.4 m (0.4-30 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2014; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	13	18	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
eFLOWER_2021	12	12	J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
SAH_2023	8	10	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_2022	4	4	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
NTH_2023	2	2	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_2	1	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
SAH_2014	1	1	J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
Stephens_2023	1	1	R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.