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{{Short description|Species of palm}}

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| color = lightgreen

| name = BambooBroadleaf lady Palmpalm

|image =Arya_-_Rhapis_excelsa_at_hotel_citradream_Cirebon_2019_0.jpg

| status = {{StatusSecure}}

|image_caption = Rhapis excelsa at hotel Citradream Cirebon Lobby

| image = Rhapisexcelsa.JPG

| genus = ''[[Rhapis]]''

| image_width = 250

| image_captionspecies = Rhapis excelsa

|authority = ([[Carl Peter Thunberg|Thunb.]]) [[Augustine Henry|A.Henry]]

| regnum = [[Plant|Plantae]]

| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]

| classis = [[Liliopsida]]

| ordo = [[Arecales]]

| familia = [[Arecaceae]]

| genus = ''[[Rhapis]]''

| species = '''''R. excelsa'''''

| binomial_authority = A. Henry ex Rehder

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'''''Rhapis excelsa''''', also known as '''broadleaf lady palm''' or '''bamboo palm''',<ref name = RHSPF/> is a [[species]] of [[List of Arecaceae genera#Tribe Corypheae|fan palm]] (Arecaceae subfamily Coryphoideae, tribe Trachycarpeae) in the genus ''[[Rhapis]].'' It is native to southern China and northern Vietnam.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rhapis excelsa (Thunb.) A.Henry {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:669577-1 |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}</ref> The genus name is [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] - ''rhapis'', meaning "needle"; and the species name is [[Latin]] for "tall", though ''R. excelsa'' is not the tallest in the genus.

'''Rhapis excelsa''' (Greek rhapis, meaning "needle"; Latin excelsa, meaning "tall") also known as '''Broadleaf Lady Palm''' or '''Bamboo Palm''' is a [[species]] of fan palm (Corypheae) native to southern [[China]]. First collected by the [[Japanese|Japan]] for [[Tokugawa shogunate]] [[palaces]], [[Rhapis]] popularity spread to [[Europe]], and finally to [[America]] where its low [[light]] and humidity requirements make it a common feature in malls and offices.

==Description==

R.''Rhapis excelsa'' grows up to 4 m. in height and 30 &nbsp;mm. in diameter in multi-stemmed clumps with glossy, palmate [[leavesevergreen]] leaves divided into broad, ribbed segments. Leaf segments are single or few in young plants and increase to 12a dozen or more in mature plants; segments are divided to the petiole. Leaf -ends are saw-toothed unlike most other palms, occurring on slender [[petiolespetiole (botany)|petiole]]s ranging from 20 to 60 &nbsp;cm. in length. New foliage emerges from a fibrous sheath which remains attached to the base. As the plants age, the sheaths fall, revealing the [[bamboo]]-like trunks. This usually [[dioecious]] palm species produces a small [[inflorescence]] at the top of the plant with spirally-arranged, fleshy yellow flowers containing three petals fused at the base. Ripe fruit are fleshy and white, though they''R. excelsa'' more readily propagatepropagates via underground [[rhizome]] offshoots.

In the UK this plant has gained the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[Award of Garden Merit]].<ref name = RHSPF>{{cite web

| url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/14466/i-Rhapis-excelsa-i/Details

| title = RHS Plantfinder - ''Rhapis excelsa'' | access-date = 26 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 84

| publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | access-date = 26 September 2018}}</ref>

==Gallery==

<center><gallery>

Image:Rhapisexcelsainflorescence.JPG|Immature inflorescence

Image:Rhapisexcelsafoliage.JPG|''R. excelsa'' foliage

Image:Rhapisexcelsatrunks.JPG|Sheathed and exposed stems

Image:Rexcelsafruit.JPG|In fruit

</gallery></center>

Image:Excelsaleaf.JPG|Proximally tomentose abaxial midribs

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File:觀音棕竹 Rhapis excelsa 20221104191946 01.jpg|Stems clustered. Taken on a mountain road.

File:觀音棕竹 Rhapis excelsa 20221104191946 02.jpg|The middle segment(s) of the leaf is broader.

</gallery></center>

==References==

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{{Reflist}}

*Moore, H. E. Jr. (1963). An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. ''Principes'' 7: 162, 180.S

*Zhong Guo & Hua Jing. (1993). China Floral Encyclopaedia

==External links ==

*[https://floridata.com/plant/235]

*[http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Rhapis/excelsa.html PACSAO.org]

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[[Category:Rhapis|excelsa]]

[[Category:Flora of China]]

[[Category:Flora of Vietnam]]