Taxon:  Livistona chinensis (Jacq.) R. Br. ex Mart. var. subglobosa (Hassk.) Becc.



Summary
Genus:
Livistona
Family:
Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Coryphoideae
Tribe:
Trachycarpeae
Subtribe:
Livistoninae
Nomen number:
103009
Place of publication:
Webbia 5:12, 16.  1920
Verified:
11/06/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
4 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Livistona chinensis (Jacq.) R. Br. ex Mart. (5 active accession[s])
Livistona chinensis (Jacq.) R. Br. ex Mart. var. chinensis (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Saribus subglobosus Hassk.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Livistona subglobosa (Hassk.) Mart.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Li, H. L. et al., eds. 1975-1979. Flora of Taiwan.
  2. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  3. Moore, H. E., Jr. & F. R. Fosberg. 1956. The palms of Micronesia and the Bonin Islands. Gentes Herbarum 8:435.
  4. Moore, H. E., Jr. 1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:150.
  5. Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
  6. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  7. Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
  8. Yoshida, N. et al. 2000. Origin of Livistona chinensis var. subglobosa (Arecaceae) on the "islet of the gods": Aoshima, Japan. Amer. J. Bot. 87:1066-1067.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNotecitation_id
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushu 0
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanRyukyu Islands 0
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanShikoku 0
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  0
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku], Taiwan

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=103009. Accessed 15 April 2026.