Livistona

From Scots Leivinstoun +‎ -a f, named in honor of Patrick Murray, Baron of Livingston; who was also a botanist, horticulturalist, and founder of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

Livistona f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – livistonas; certain palms native to eastern and southeastern Asia, Australasia, and the Horn of Africa, introduced elsewhere.

• Many species formerly included are now placed in other genera.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids – clades; Arecales – order; Arecaceae – family; Coryphoideae – subfamily; Trachycarpeae – tribe; Livistoninae – subtribe

• (genus): Livistona humilis (sand palm) – type species; Livistona australis (cabbage-tree palm), Livistona chinensis (Chinese fan palm), Livistona nitida (Carnarvon fan palm} – selected other species

• → English: livistona

• Livistona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Livistona on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Livistona on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons