Arecaceae
Blue fan palm
Brahea armata
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Brahea
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Common names
By language (10)
- arz
- براهى ارماتا
- Chinese
- 石棕
- English
- Blue fan palm, Blue hesper palm, Franceschi palm, Gray-goddess, Mexican blue palm, Rock palm, Spiny rock palm
- Finnish
- Kalifornianbraheapalmu
- French
- Palmier bleu du Mexique
- German
- Blaue Hesperidenpalme
- Hebrew
- ברהיאה קוצנית
- Persian
- نخل مکزیکی
- Russian
- Брахея вооруженная
- Thai
- บราเฮีย
Synonyms
- Brahea clara (L.H.Bailey) Espejo & López-Ferr.
- Brahea elegans (Franceschi ex Becc.) H.E.Moore
- Brahea glauca hort. ex Hook.f.
- Brahea lucida hort. ex Hook.f.
- Brahea lucida Schaedtler
- Brahea nobilis Hort.Rollis. ex Hook.f.
- Brahea roezlii Linden
- Brahea roezlii D'Ancona
- Erythea armata (S.Watson) S.Watson
- Erythea armata var. microcarpa Becc.
- Erythea clara L.H.Bailey
- Erythea elegans Franceschi ex Becc.
- Erythea roezlii (D'Ancona) Becc. ex Martelli
- Glaucothea armata (S.Watson) O.F.Cook
- Glaucothea elegans (Franceschi ex Becc.) I.M.Johnst.
Photos
FruitPhoto: Rosario Douglas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve L. Martin, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve L. Martin, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Irene, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Irene, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Irene, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Riley, CC0, from iNaturalist
More in Brahea
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- Brahea pimoArecaceae
- Hesper palmBrahea brandegeeiArecaceae
- Mexican dwarf blue palmBrahea decumbensArecaceae
- Dwarf rock palmBrahea mooreiArecaceae
- Brahea sarukhaniiArecaceae
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.