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Mediterranean fan palm
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Mediterranean fan palm

Chamaerops humilis

Chamaerops is a genus of flowering plants in the palm family Arecaceae. The only currently fully accepted species is Chamaerops humilis, variously called European fan palm, or the Mediterranean dwarf palm. It is one of the more cold-hardy palms used in landscaping in temperate climates.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Mediterranean fan palm in Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.398

Mediterranean fan palm in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.829

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 132759.