Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Phoenix dactylifera L.

dátil, palma común, fénix, date palm

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)

Order
Arecales

Family
Arecaceae

Genus
Phoenix

Species
dactylifera

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Palma dactylifera (L.) Mill.

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1965

Year of introduction: 1929

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Human dependent

Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
  • Flores, E. (1985) Censo de Plantas Introducidas desde el Canal de Itabaca hasta Puerto Ayora. Tesis de Ingeniero Forestal, Univ. Técnica Luis Vargas Torres, Esmeraldas: 1-132.
  • Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
  • Lundh, J.P. (1995) Some additional information and comments on the Annotated Check list of Vascular Plants of the Galapagos Islands by Lawesson, Adsersen and Bentley. Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org

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"Galapagos Species Database, Phoenix dactylifera", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1034. Accessed 1 November 2026.