Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :
Rhapis excelsa
(Thunb.) A. Henry ex Rehder
SYNONYM(S) : Chamaerops excelsa Thunb., Rhapis flabelliformis L'Hér. ex Aiton, Trachycarpus excelsus (Thunb.) H. Wendl.
CHINESE : Zong zhu.
DANISH : Hørpalme.
DUTCH : Chinese windmolenpalm.
ENGLISH : Bamboo palm, Broad-leaved slender lady palm, Fern rhapis (as Rhapis flabelliformis), Ground rattan, Miniature fan palm, Slender lady palm.
FRENCH : Palmier éventail, Rhapis en éventail, Rhapis à feuilles larges.
GERMAN : Rhapispalme, Steckenpalme.
ITALIAN : Palma ventaglio.
KOREAN : Gwan eum jook (Gwan eum juk).
PORTUGUESE : Jupati (as R. flabelliformis - Brazil).
SPANISH : Palmera bambú.
THAI : .
VIETNAMESE : Awaiting feedback.
CHINESE : Xi zong zhu.
ENGLISH : Slender bamboo palm.
FRENCH : Rhapis gracieux.
CHINESE : Ai zong zhu, Zong lü zhu.
ENGLISH : Dwarf bamboo palm, Little lady palm, Miniature fan palm, Dwarf slender lady palm, Reed rhapis.
FRENCH : Palmier nain, Palmier d'appartement, Rhapis nain.
JAPANESE : Awaiting feedback.
KOREAN : Chong ryeo jook.
RUSSIAN : Rapis nizkii.
SPANISH : Palmera china.
THAI : .
VIETNAMESE : .
Rhapis multifida Burret
ENGLISH : Jade Empress palm, Finger palm, Guangxi fan palm.
FRENCH : Palmier éventail à feuilles divisées, Rhapis à feuilles divisées.
Photograph of leaves at rarepalmseeds.com
Rhapis orientalis Desv. -> Chrysopogon orientalis (Desv.) A. Camus
CHINESE : Cu zong zhu.
ENGLISH : Robust-caned bamboo palm, Robust lady palm.
FRENCH : Palmier nain cespiteux, Rhapis nain du Kwangsi.
EURODICAUTOM, On-line Technical Dictionary in 12 languages provided by the European Commission < http://eurodic.echo.lu/cgi-bin/edicbin/EuroDicWWW.pl?page=expert > (Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Latin with authority names)
Mabberley D.J. 1997, The Plant-Book : a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants, 2d Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
rarepalmseeds.com, 2003, Latin English Catalogue < http://www.rarepalmseeds.com/archive.shtml >.
USDA, ARS, 2000, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl? rhapis (24 March 2002).
Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.
Xie Zongwa & Yu Youqin (Editors), 1996, Materia Medica, Chinese Terminology, Vol. 1, Renminweisheng Publishing House Beijing, China. (Latin with authority names and Chinese-simplified, text in Chinese).
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Date created: 05 / 02 / 2002
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Last modified: 10 / 01 / 2004
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