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Internal ID UUID643feae9de678598591025
Scientific name Rhapis excelsa
Authority (Thunb.) A.Henry
First published in J. Arnold Arbor. 11: 153 (1930)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Rhapis divaricata Gagnep. Notul. Syst. (Paris) 6: 158 (1937)
Rhapis javanica Blume Rumphia 2: 56 (1839)
Rhapis kwamwonzick Siebold ex Linden Ill. Hort. 34: 39. 1887 (1887)
Rhapis major Blume Rumphia 2: 55 (1839)
Trachycarpus excelsus (Thunb.) H.Wendl. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 8: 429 (1861)
Chamaerops excelsa Thunb. Syst. Veg. ed. 14 : 984 (1784)
Chamaerops excelsa var. gracilis Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 47: 220. 1875
Rhapis flabelliformis var. variegata B.S.Williams Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl. 282. 1870
Trachycarpus excelsus var. fortunei Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 18: 20. 1904
Rhapis aspera W.H.Baxter Suppl. Hort. Brit. : 624 (1839)
Rhapis cordata W.H.Baxter Suppl. Hort. Brit. : 624 (1839)
Rhapis flabelliformis L'Hér. Hort. Kew. 3: 473 (1789)
Chamaerops kwanwortsik Siebold ex H.Wendl. Index Palm. : 34 (1854)
Rhapis flabelliformis var. foliis-variegatis Rothsch. Pl. Feuill. Col. , n.s., 2: 59 (1868)

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Language Common/alternative name
English bamboo palm
English miniature fan palm
English braod-leaved slender lady palm
English fern rhapis
English lady palm
English slender lady palm
English broad-leaved slender lady palm
Spanish chamaerops excelsa
Spanish chamaerops kwanwortsik
Spanish rhapis divaricata
Spanish rhapis aspera
Spanish rhapis cordata
Spanish trachycarpus excelsus
Spanish rhapis flabelliformis
Spanish rhapis kwamwonzick
Spanish rhapis major
Arabic رابسة باسقة
Arabic نخلة رابس
Azerbaijani hündürboy traxikarpus
ban bregu
Czech rapis ztepilá
German chamaerops excelsa
Persian نخل راپیس
French palmier bambou
Hebrew רפיס רם
Upper Sorbian wysoka palmka
Indonesian palem jari
Japanese カンノンチク
Korean 관음죽
Malay palem jari
Portuguese palmeira-rápis
Portuguese palmeira-ráfis
Portuguese palmeira-dama
Thai จั๋งญี่ปุ่น
Thai จั๋ง
Chinese 大叶南苏
Chinese 虎散竹
Chinese 筋头竹
Chinese 稷竹
Chinese 椶竹
Chinese 觀音棕竹
Chinese 棕竹根
Chinese 棕竹
Chinese 观音竹

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- Native
  • Asia-temperate
    • China
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
      • Hainan
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Nansei-shoto

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000296167
Tropicos 2402191
INPN 447771
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:669577-1
The Plant List kew-177959
Missouri Botanical Garden 276756
Open Tree Of Life 811516
NCBI Taxonomy 115514
IPNI 669577-1
iNaturalist 283915
GBIF 2736747
Freebase /m/02r0c38
EPPO RPJEX
EOL 1131793
USDA GRIN 31085
Wikipedia Rhapis_excelsa

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In This Issue N/A Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 23-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11047073
doi:10.1073/iti1724121
Dehydration-induced corrugated folding in Rhapis excelsa plant leaves Guo K, Liu M, Vella D, Suresh S, Hsia KJ Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 08-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11047117
doi:10.1073/pnas.2320259121
PMID:38588439
Target enrichment sequencing coupled with GWAS identifies MdPRX10 as a candidate gene in the control of budbreak in apple Watson AE, Guitton B, Soriano A, Rivallan R, Vignes H, Farrera I, Huettel B, Arnaiz C, Falavigna VD, Coupel-Ledru A, Segura V, Sarah G, Dufayard JF, Sidibe-Bocs S, Costes E, Andrés F Front Plant Sci 21-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10918860
doi:10.3389/fpls.2024.1352757
PMID:38455730
Antimicrobial Activity against Foodborne Pathogens and Antioxidant Activity of Plant Leaves Traditionally Used as Food Packaging Thongphichai W, Pongkittiphan V, Laorpaksa A, Wiwatcharakornkul W, Sukrong S Foods 19-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10297150
doi:10.3390/foods12122409
PMID:37372620
Diversity and traditional knowledge of medicinal plants used by Shui people in Southwest China Liu S, Zhang B, Lei Q, Zhou J, Ali M, Long C J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 30-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10230803
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00594-4
PMID:37254191
Ornamental plants associated with Buddhist figures in China Xu X, Yan C, Ma Z, Wang Q, Zhao J, Zhang R, He L, Zheng W J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 25-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10210299
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00595-3
PMID:37231442
Pest categorisation of Eotetranychus sexmaculatus Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Grégoire J, Malumphy C, Kertesz V, Maiorano A, MacLeod A EFSA J 29-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10052452
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7898
PMID:37009445
Structure vs. chemistry: Alternate mechanisms for controlling leaf microbiomes Lau KJ, Gusareva ES, Luhung I, Premkrishnan BN, Wong A, Poh TY, Uchida A, Oliveira EL, Drautz-Moses DI, Junqueira AC, Schuster SC PLoS One 21-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10030040
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0275734
PMID:36943839
A systematic review on mitigation of common indoor air pollutants using plant-based methods: a phytoremediation approach Kumar R, Verma V, Thakur M, Singh G, Bhargava B Air Qual Atmos Health 11-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005924
doi:10.1007/s11869-023-01326-z
PMID:37359395
Pestalotioid Species Associated with Medicinal Plants in Southwest China and Thailand Sun YR, Jayawardena RS, Sun JE, Wang Y Microbiol Spectr 10-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9927317
doi:10.1128/spectrum.03987-22
PMID:36625649
An Empirical Study on the Promotion of Students’ Physiological and Psychological Recovery in Green Space on Campuses in the Post-Epidemic Era Zhang P, He Q, Chen Z, Li X, Ma J Int J Environ Res Public Health 22-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9819901
doi:10.3390/ijerph20010151
PMID:36612473
Development and Application of Treatment for Chikungunya Fever Millsapps EM, Underwood EC, Barr KL Res Rep Trop Med 16-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9767026
doi:10.2147/RRTM.S370046
PMID:36561535
A Review with Updated Perspectives on the Antiviral Potentials of Traditional Medicinal Plants and Their Prospects in Antiviral Therapy Saifulazmi NF, Rohani ER, Harun S, Bunawan H, Hamezah HS, Nor Muhammad NA, Azizan KA, Ahmed QU, Fakurazi S, Mediani A, Sarian MN Life (Basel) 22-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9410304
doi:10.3390/life12081287
PMID:36013466
Taxonomy and Multi-Gene Phylogeny of Poroid Panellus (Mycenaceae, Agaricales) With the Description of Five New Species From China Zhang QY, Liu HG, Papp V, Zhou M, Wu F, Dai YC Front Microbiol 27-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9363832
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.928941
PMID:35966669
Commodity risk assessment of Acer palmatum plants grafted on Acer davidii from China Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Gonthier P EFSA J 12-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9096882
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7298
PMID:35592020

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
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(2R)-2-[(6S)-4-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[[(1R,2R,4R,6R,8S,9S,12R,13R)-6-methoxy-7,9,13-trimethyl-6-[3-methyl-4-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxybutyl]-5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-en-16-yl]oxy]-5-[(2R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol 137704870 Click to see 1063.20 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.32.4003
Dioscin 119245 Click to see CC1CCC2(C(C3C(O2)CC4C3(CCC5C4CC=C6C5(CCC(C6)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)C)O)O)O)O)OC9C(C(C(C(O9)C)O)O)O)C)C)C)OC1 869.00 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.32.4003
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid C-glycosides
Isovitexin 162350 Click to see 432.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.32.4003

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