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Date Palm

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The date palm is a flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae, native to the region stretching from the Gulf states to the lower Indus valley. It is cultivated across northern Africa, the Middle East, southern Europe, and parts of Asia, Australia and the Americas for its sweet edible fruit, the date, and has become naturalized in many tropical and subtropical regions. It is the type species of the genus Phoenix, which includes a dozen or more other wild date palm species. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Farmed or Commercially Raised 1
Scientific Name
Phoenix dactylifera 3
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Arecaceae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Date Palm
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Sources
1. Date palm (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    It is cultivated for its edible sweet fruit called dates.
  • lead sentence (diet), EntityId 359797
    Phoenix dactylifera, commonly known as the date palm, is a flowering-plant species in the palm family Arecaceae, native to the region from the Gulf States and Iraq to Pakistan and India.
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2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. Wikipedia: Date palm
WikipediaWikidata Q25292 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
4. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Phoenix dactylifera
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 6109699, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 6109699, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Date Palm
Child Taxon Of: Arecaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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