Rhapis excelsa: Difference between revisions

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|name = ''Rhapis excelsa''

|image = Rhapis excelsa.jpg

|image_caption = Rhapis excelsa

|regnum = [[PlantaePlant]]ae

|status = secure

|regnum = [[Plantae]]

|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]

|unranked_classis = [[Monocots]]

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|binomial = ''Rhapis excelsa''

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

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'''''Rhapis excelsa''''' also known as '''Broadleaf Lady Palm''' or '''Bamboo Palm''' is a [[species]] of [[List of Arecaceae genera#Tribe Corypheae|fan palm]] (Arecaceae subfamily Coryphoideae, tribe Corypheae) in the genus ''[[Rhapis]]'', probably native to southern [[China]] and [[Taiwan]]. It is not known in the wild; all known plants come from cultivated groups in China. They were first collected by the [[Japan]]ese for [[Tokugawa shogunate]] [[palace]]s, then popularity spread to [[Europe]], and later to [[Americas|America]] where its low [[light]] and humidity requirements make it a common feature in malls and offices. The genus name is [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] - ''rhapis'', meaning "needle"; and the species name is [[Latin]] for "tall", an ironic name choice as ''R. excelsa'' is not the tallest in the genus.