Arecaceae

Broom palm

Thrinax parviflora Sw.

Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Thrinax

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Broom palm: Thrinax parviflora subsp. parviflora at the Fairchild Botanical Tropical Garden in Coral Gables, FL. Photo by Kyle Wicomb. — Photo: Kyle Wicomb, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 小花豆粽
English: Broom palm, Iron thatch palm, Mountain thatch palm, Palmetto thatch

Photos

Photo: Kyle Wicomb, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification 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.