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Details for: RPHO 24,
Phoenix dactylifera
L., 'SAIDI'
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Phoenix dactylifera
L.
Cultivar:
'SAIDI'
Origin:
Donated – California, United States
Maintained:
Natl. Germplasm Repository - Riverside
Received by NPGS:
01 May 1994
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Female Tree
Life Sex:
Male
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RPHO 24 CVARS PL
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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.
Cultivar:
'SAIDI'
Origin:
Donated – California, United States
Maintained:
Natl. Germplasm Repository - Riverside
Received by NPGS:
01 May 1994
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Female Tree
Life Sex:
Male
Source History
Donated
May 1994.
California, United States
Comment:
Probably from the date palm Arboretum at Oasis Date gardens; prior provenance unknown.
Donor(s):
Laflin, Ben, Oasis Date Gardens
Accession Names and Identifiers
'SAIDI'
Type: Cultivar name
'Saidy'
Type: Cultivar name
'Sewi'
Type: Cultivar name
'Siwi'
Type: Cultivar name
RPHO 24
Type: Site identifier
Narrative
'Saidi' is the principle date grown in the oases of Libya and is also grown extensively in northern Egypt. For more information, see Nixon (1950) and its update as Hodel and Johnson (2007).
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
Alternate name
note
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)
Name
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Citations
Hodel, D. R. & D. V. Johnson.
2007. Dates: Imported and American Varieties of Dates in the United States. Univ of Calif Div Agr Nat Sci, Pub No 3498
Note:
Updating and revision of Nixon (1950).
Number of accessions cited:
2
Nixon, R. W.
1950. Imported Varieties of Dates in the United States. Circ. U.S.D.A. 834.
Number of accessions cited:
13
Pedigree
Description:
Offshoots propagated from established tree and presumably clonal.
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