Specimen image via iDigBio · BY
Nannorrhops ritchiana
Sign in to saveAlso known as Mazari palm
Nannorrhops ritchiana, the Mazari palm, is the sole species in the genus Nannorrhops in the palm family Arecaceae.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderArecales
- FamilyArecaceae
Observations recorded53
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Collections
- NY, BRIT, B, K, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Afghanistan, United States, India, United Kingdom
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Distribution
- Description
- Cultivation
- References
- External links
Nannorrhops ritchiana, the Mazari palm, is the sole species in the genus Nannorrhops in the palm family Arecaceae.
==Distribution== It is native to southwestern Asia, in the historical region of Balochistan, from the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula east through Iran and Afghanistan to Pakistan, growing at altitudes of up to 1,600 m.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nannorrhops ritchiana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.