Arecaceae

Florida cherry palm

Pseudophoenix sargentii H.Wendl. ex Sarg.

Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Pseudophoenix

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 薩氏櫻桃椰, 萨氏樱桃椰
English: Florida cherry palm, Buccaneer palm, Cherry palm, Sargent's cherry palm
Japanese: チェリーパーム

Synonyms

Chamaephoenix sargentii (H.Wendl. ex Sarg.) Curtiss
Cyclospathe northropii O.F.Cook
Pseudophoenix gracilis Ekman ex Burret
Pseudophoenix linearis O.F.Cook
Pseudophoenix navassana Ekman ex Burret
Pseudophoenix saonae O.F.Cook
Pseudophoenix sargentii subsp. saonae (O.F.Cook) Read
Pseudophoenix sargentii subsp. sargentii
Pseudophoenix sargentii var. navassana (Ekman ex Burret) Read
Sargentia ariococca H.Wendl. & Drude ex Salomon

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Puerto Rico: native

Photos

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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.