Jepson Interchange: Manual Name Data Retrieval

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Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants

compiled by Elizabeth Painter

up to date as of May 1, 2016

Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).

Taxon	Phoenix canariensis
group	Monocots
Family	Arecaceae
Family common name(s)	palm
Genus common name(s)	phoenix-palm; phoenix palm; date-palm; date palm; date palm tree
Species common name(s)	Canary Islands date-palm; Canary Islands date palm; Canary Island date-palm; Canary Island date palm; Canary Island date palm tree; Canary Islands palm; Canary Islands palm tree; Canary Island palm; Canary date-palm; Canary date palm; Canary Islands phoenix-palm; Canary Islands phoenix palm; Canary Island phoenix-palm; Canary Island phoenix palm; Canary phoenix-palm; Canary phoenix palm; Canary palm


Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa	wild date palm is applied to multiple Phoenix taxa; wild date is applied to taxa in multiple families

Notes	when Canary is used as a proper name, upper case preferable