Arecaceae
Barbel palm
Acanthophoenix rubra
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Acanthophoenix
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Common names
By language (5)
- Bulgarian
- Червен акантофеникс
- Chinese
- 刺椰
- English
- Barbel palm, El palm, Red el palm
- French
- Palmiste rouge, Palmiste Piquant
- Russian
- Акантофеникс красный
Synonyms
- Areca cincta Walp.
- Areca herbstii W.Watson
- Areca rubra Bory
- Calamus dealbatus hort. ex H.Wendl.
- Calamus dealbatus W.Bull
- Calamus verschaffeltii H.Wendl.
- Calamus verschaffeltii W.Bull ex J.Dix
- Sublimia centennina Comm. ex Mart.
Photos
Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tela Botanica − Sylvain PIRY, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Laurence Comte, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.