Arecaceae
Everglades palm
Acoelorraphe wrightii
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Acoelorraphe
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Common names
By language (11)
- Catalan
- Paurotis
- Chinese
- 沼地棕
- English
- Everglades palm, Madiera palm, Silver saw palmetto, Acoelorraphe, Saw cabbage palm, Silver saw palm
- French
- Paurotis, Palmier des Everglades, Acoelorrhaphe, Acoelorrhaphe wrightii
- German
- Acoelorrhaphe wrightii, Paurotis
- Japanese
- ライトヤシ
- Lithuanian
- Paurotis
- Persian
- نخلهای پاروتیس
- Spanish
- Acanthosabal, Acoelorrhaphe pinetorum, Paurotis
- Swedish
- Paurotis
- Thai
- เปาโรติส
Synonyms
- Acanthosabal caespitosa Prosch.
- Acoelorraphe arborescens (Sarg.) Becc.
- Acoelorraphe pinetorum Bartlett
- Acoelorraphe wrightii f. inermis Hadac
- Acoelorraphe wrightii var. novogeronensis Becc.
- Brahea psilocalyx Burret
- Copernicia wrightii Griseb. & H.Wendl.
- Paurotis androsana O.F.Cook
- Paurotis arborescens (Sarg.) O.F.Cook
- Paurotis psilocalyx (Burret) Lundell
- Paurotis schippii Burret
- Paurotis wrightii (Griseb. & H.Wendl.) Britton
- Serenoa arborescens Sarg.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FruitPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mmcknight4, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Guettarda, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: alinegoesgreen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Guettarda, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Nelson Zamora Villalobos, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Tereso Hernández Morales, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Guettarda, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Nelson Zamora Villalobos, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Tom Field, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Guettarda, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.