Details for: RPHO 35, Phoenix dactylifera L., 'LAFLIN BLACK'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Phoenix dactylifera L.
Cultivar:
'LAFLIN BLACK'
Origin:
Developed – California, United States
Received by NPGS:
11 Sep 2007
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Female Tree
Life Sex:
Male
Availability
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Plant1 countRPHO 35 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.
Cultivar:
'LAFLIN BLACK'
Origin:
Developed – California, United States
Received by NPGS:
11 Sep 2007
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Female Tree
Life Sex:
Male
Source History
Developed
1980.
California, United States

Developer(s):
Donated
11 September 2007.
California, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'LAFLIN BLACK'
Type: Cultivar name
Laflin, Ben Oasis Date Gardens

RPHO 35
Type: Site identifier

Narrative
This cross was made by Ben Laflin in the 1980s. It produces a Barhee-like date that is black in color. Ben Laflin said that this might be the same date marketed as '8-Ball' by Oasis Date Gardens but he is not sure. (RRK, 09/2007)
Phoenix dactylifera L.
Genus:
Phoenix
Family:
Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Coryphoideae
Tribe:
Phoeniceae
Nomen number:

28046
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1188. 1753
Verified:
10/14/1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishdate  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishdate palm  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Arabicnakhl  2Norton, J. et al. 2009. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar.
Frenchdattier  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchpalmier dattier  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanDattelpalme  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguesetamareira  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishpalmera datilera  2Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. 1982. Edible Horticultural Crops Academic Press.
Swedishdadelpalm  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Pedigree
Description:
'Medjool' X 'Barhee BC'. Cross made by Ben Laflin about 1980. He does not remember which BC male from the USDCS was used.