Details for: PI 80812, Hyophorbe verschaffeltii H. Wendl., Spindle palm


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Hyophorbe verschaffeltii H. Wendl.
Top Name:
Spindle palm
Origin:
Donated – Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Received by NPGS:
02 Nov 1931
PI Assigned:
1929
Form Received:
Plant
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Restrictions
Plant material may be subject to additional regulations
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. )
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  • 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 regulation: Lethal yellowing)
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Hyophorbe verschaffeltii H. Wendl.
Top Name:
Spindle palm
Origin:
Donated – Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Received by NPGS:
02 Nov 1931
PI Assigned:
1929
Form Received:
Plant
Source History
Donated

Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago

Donor(s):
02 November 1931.
District of Columbia, United States
Comment: Office of Foreigh Plant Seed and Plant Introduction
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Spindle palm
Type: Local name

TARS 1629
Type: Site identifier
Group: MISC.TARS

Narrative
A palm, native to Mauritius, with a trunk up to 30 feet high, swollen about half way up. The crown is made up of short-petioled pinnate leaves which have a yellow hand extending from the leaf sheath to the tip of the blade.
Hyophorbe verschaffeltii H. Wendl.
Genus:
Hyophorbe
Family:
Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Arecoideae
Tribe:
Chamaedoreeae
Nomen number:

312782
Place of publication:

Ill. Hort. 13: t. 462-463. 1866
Verified:
03/16/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Mascarena verschaffeltii (H. Wendl.) L. H. Bailey

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishspindle palm  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
GermanSpindel-Futterpalme  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1474.
Swedishflaskpalm  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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