Acoelorrhaphe wrightii (Griseb. & H. Wendl.) H. Wendl. ex Becc., orth. var.
Paurotis wrightii (Griseb. & H. Wendl.) Britton
Acoelorraphe wrightii (Griseb. & H. Wendl.) H. Wendl. ex Becc.
Everglades palm, paurotis palm
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4/13/2015 · Mahogany Hammock Trail, Everglades National Park, Florida 
4/13/2015 · Mahogany Hammock Trail, Everglades National Park, Florida 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Liliopsida | Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family |
| Subclass | Arecidae | Palm-like plants |
| Order | Arecales | Palms |
| Family | Arecaceae | Palms |
| Genus | Acoelorraphe | From Greek words a-, “without,” koilos, “hollow,” and rhaphis, “needle,” an allusion to the form of the fruit |
| Species | wrightii | After William Greenwood Wright (1831-1912), one of the first lepidopterists in California, author of Butterflies of British Columbia, The Butterflies of the West Coast of the United States (1905), Colored Plates of the Butterflies of the West Coast (1907), and Butterfly Hunting in the Desert |
Acoelorraphe wrightii description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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