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Livistona

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Livistona 

a genus of palms. The trunks, which reach a height of 30 m and have a diameter of 30–50 cm, are clothed above with the fibrous remains of dead leaf sheaths. The leaves are fan-shaped and large. Approximately 30 species are found in tropical Asia, the Malay Archipelago, New Guinea, and eastern Australia. Some species are grown as ornamentals in greenhouses and as house plants. The most commonly cultivated species are Livistona australis and the Chinese fan palm (L. chinensis). Livistona is sometimes erroneously called Latamia.
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The Chinese Fan Palm, Livistona chinensis, is a well adapted tree to large areas of the South.
Moderate Cold Hardy Traits in Date Palms and Fan Palms by Pat Malcolm / Home improvement and landscaping community
December 16, 1990 lIt's an Antipodean one-two in the Hong Kong Invitation Cup at Sha Tin with New Zealand's Kessem just holding the Australian challenger Livistona Lane.
All Our Yesterdays by The Racing Post (London, England)
Another name - Minipalms Gorge - also gave a clue to what was in store; but nothing could have prepared me for the sight of hundreds of miniature Livistona fan palms (a species unique to the Bungles) coming into view as we rounded a bend in the track high above the head of the gorge.
The last wilderness? by Waters, Irene / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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