Livistona
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Livistona is a genus of 28 species of palms (family Arecaceae), native to southern and southeastern Asia, Australasia, and the Horn of Africa. They are fan palms (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaves with an armed petiole terminating in a rounded, costapalmate fan of numerous leaflets.
Livistona species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Paysandisia archon.
- Selected species
- Livistona australis - Australian Fan Palm
- Livistonia carinensis
- Livistona chinensis - Chinese Fan Palm
- Livistona decipiens
- Livistona fulva
- Livistona humilis
- Livistona jenkinsiana
- Livistona mariae - Central Australian Fan Palm
- Livistona merrillii
- Livistona muelleri
- Livistona robinsoniana
- Livistona rotundifolia Anahaw (national leaf of the Philippines)
- Livistona saribus
