2 messages in edu.ku.nhm.mailman.taxacomscientific name of the "Royal Palm"
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Jorge Santiago-BlayAug 2, 1995 3:00 pm 
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Subject:scientific name of the "Royal Palm"Actions...
From:Jorge Santiago-Blay (bl@NATURE.BERKELEY.EDU)
Date:Aug 2, 1995 3:00:49 pm
List:edu.ku.nhm.mailman.taxacom

Dear Colleagues:

I used (naively) to believe that the Royal Palm's scientific name was Roystonea regia (Kunth). yet, I have just stumbled across a paper calling it Oreodoxa regia Kunth. In doing a quick literature search there seems to be some taxonomic difficulty I have no time to get into now Taxon 43:662-664 (paper by Zona 1994). Can someone let me know to what genus should one correctly place the Royal Palm? Thank you.

Jorge A. Santiago-Blay