Phoenix is a
genus of 13
species of
palms, native from the
Canary Islands east across northern and central
Africa, the extreme southeast of
Europe (
Crete), and southern
Asia from
Turkey east to southern
China and
Malaysia. The diverse habitats they occupy include swamps, deserts, and mangrove sea coasts. Most Phoenix species originate in semiarid regions but usually occur near high groundwater levels, rivers or springs. The genus is unique among members of the subfamily Coryphoideae, being the only one with
pinnate, rather than
palmate leaves. The name derives from a
New Latin form of , the
Greek word for 'date palm', probably referring to the
Phoenicians who brought the palm with them in their travels or maybe from , 'red-coloured', referring to the colour of dates.
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