Roystonea regia

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q1069046
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Summary

Roystonea regia is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,891 views/month, #1,457 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Roystonea[5]
  • Taxon name: Roystonea regia[6]
  • Has use: fodder[7]
  • Commons category: Roystonea regia[8]
  • Has basionym: Oreodoxa regia[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Roystonea regia[10]
  • Commons gallery: Roystonea regia[11]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/d51a552b-0d2c-4788-a5c9-824b552abbf1[12]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 13(1)[13], Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands[14]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=32237[15]
  • Short name: R. regia[16]
  • Taxon common name: Cuban Royal Palm[17], Palma reale[18], 大王椰子[19], 大王椰[20], 王棕[21], palmera real[22], opatrznica królewska[23]
  • Flower color: white[24]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[25]
  • Taxon author citation: (Kunth) O. F. Cook[26]
  • Taxon range: Fujian[27], Guangdong[28], Cuba[29]

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Identifiers

Roystonea regia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 201453[30]. Roystonea regia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 145709[31]. Roystonea regia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1131526[32]. Roystonea regia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2733755[33]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 817244[34] and 42501[35].

Why It Matters

Roystonea regia has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [34] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [32] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [33] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . Biodiversity Heritage Library. wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . Q139717994. wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . efloras.org. efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [28] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of higher plants in Guangdong, China. wikidata.org.
  33. [29] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 817244, 42501
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 42501, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 24d ago · Breogan2008 · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range map image → Range of Roystonea regia.png
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon range map image: Range of Roystonea regia.png"
  3. 22w ago · Gower · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cuban Royal Palm'}, {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Palma reale'}, {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '大王椰子'} +7
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Instance of → taxon
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: opatrznica królewska"
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