Taxon: Phoenix dactylifera L.

Genus:

Phoenix

Family:

Arecaceae (alt.Palmae)

Subfamily:

Coryphoideae

Tribe:

Phoeniceae

Nomen number:

28046

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1188. 1753

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

14-oct-1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 14-oct-1999

Species priority site is:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Riverside (RIV)

Accessions:

1 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Common names:

date (Source: Hortus 3) - English
date palm (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
nakhl (Source: Ill L Qatar) - Arabic
dattier (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
palmier dattier (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
Dattelpalme (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
tamareira (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
palmera datilera (Source: Edible HC) - Spanish
dadelpalm (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
Human food: beverage base (fide Cornucopia)
Human food: fruit (fide Cornucopia)
Animal food: fodder (fide Kew Bull 53:548. 1998)
Materials: fiber (fide Dict Econ Pl)
Materials: wood (fide Dict Econ Pl)
Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

Cultivated

(only cult.)

Uncertain

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman (wild populations)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Barrow, S. C. 1998. A monograph of Phoenix L. (Palmae: Coryphoideae) Kew Bull. 53:544.
Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 (Cornucopia)
Hackett, C. & J. Carolane Edible Horticultural Crops. 1982 (Edible HC)
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
Norton, J. et al. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar. (Ill L Qatar)
Pintaud, J.-C. et al. 2013. Biogeography of the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L., Arecaceae): Insights on the origin and on the structure of modern diversity Acta Hort. 994:19-38.
Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968 (Dict Econ Pl)

Check other web resources for Phoenix dactylifera L. :

Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=28046. Accessed 7 junio 2026.