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Genus: Latania

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Arecales > Family: Arecaceae

Three species cultivated.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Latania loddigesii (Blue latan)

Native to Mauritius.

 

Latania lontaroides (Red latan)

Native to Réunion.

 

Latania verschaffeltii (Yellow latan)

Native to Rodrigues.