Arecaceae
Florida thatch palm
Thrinax radiata
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Thrinax
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 辐射豆棕
- English
- Florida thatch palm, Jamaican thatch palm
- Japanese
- フロリダサッチパーム
Synonyms
- Coccothrinax martii (Griseb.) Becc.
- Coccothrinax radiata (Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Sarg.
- Coccothrinax radiata (Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Sarg. ex K.Schum.
- Porothrinax pumilio H.Wendl. ex Griseb.
- Thrinax aurata Kunth
- Thrinax elegans Schult. & Schult.f.
- Thrinax elegantissima hort. ex Hook.f.
- Thrinax ferruginea Lodd. ex Mart.
- Thrinax floridana Sarg.
- Thrinax gracilis Schult. & Schult.f.
- Thrinax maritima Lodd. ex Mart.
- Thrinax martii Griseb.
- Thrinax mexicana Lodd. ex Mart.
- Thrinax montana Lodd. ex Mart.
- Thrinax pumilio Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
- Thrinax wendlandiana Becc.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native
Photos
FruitPhoto: José Javier Barrios Flores, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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Photo: Yolanda M. Leon, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pato Novoa, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Manuëlle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Miguel Sho, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Treeworld Wholesale, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: chavolla julia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jim, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Treeworld Wholesale, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mauricio Calderón Cadena, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Treeworld Wholesale, CC BY 2.0, 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.