Details for: PI 555400, Phoenix dactylifera L., ABADA

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Phoenix dactylifera L.

Top Name:

ABADA

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Riverside

Received by NPGS:

01 Jan 1978

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Plant	1 count		PI 555400 CVARS PL

Restrictions
Plant material may be subject to additional regulations
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/arizona_npb_summary_061124.pdf

USA – Arizona (See state regulation: Palm pests)

https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/louisianas_laws_and_regulations_npb_website_april_2023_tp.pdf

USA – Louisiana (See state regulations: Lethal Yellowing Quarantine. )

https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/nevada_state_regulations_npb_13december2023.pdf

USA – Nevada (See state regulation: Lethal yellowing of palm)

https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/npb_ca_summary_2025_-_grkn_added.pdf

USA – California (See state regulation: Lethal yellowing of palm.)

https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/texas_-plant_protection_regulations.pdf

USA – Texas (See state regulations: Lethal Bronzing of Palms, Lethal yellowing, red palm mite)

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Phoenix dactylifera L.

Top Name:

ABADA

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Riverside

Received by NPGS:

01 Jan 1978

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Donated

01 January 1978.
California, United States

Donor(s):

Sniff, D.G.

Accession Names and Identifiers

ABADA

Type: Unverified name

78-13

Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative

Name created from first names of Dr. and Mrs. Sniff (Abby and Dana), Indio, California. Black, soft and melting, flavor very sweet and rather cloying, early ripening. Female plant.

Phoenix dactylifera L.

Genus:

Phoenix

Family:

Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)

Subfamily:

Coryphoideae

Tribe:

Phoeniceae

Nomen number:

28046

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1188. 1753

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/359209

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

10/14/1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	date	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English	date palm	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Arabic	nakhl	2	Norton, J. et al. 2009. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar.
French	dattier	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	palmier dattier	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Dattelpalme	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese	tamareira	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	palmera datilera	2	Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. 1982. Edible Horticultural Crops Academic Press.
Swedish	dadelpalm	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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