The Palmetum of Maspalomas
The Palmetum of Maspalomas is a public area of 20.000 m2 devoted to palms, in the dry and sunny South of Gran Canaria.
Palmetum of Maspalomas opened in July 2008 and now hosts a growing collection of rare palms.
This is the list of species of palms growing in the park:
- Acoelorrhaphae wrightii
- Adonidia merilli
- Allagoptera arenaria
- Archontophoenix alexandrae
- Archontophoenix cunnighamiana
- Areca catechu
- Areca lutencens
- Areca triandra
- Arenga australásica
- Arenga engleri
- Arenga micrantha
- Arenga tremula
- Bismarckia nobilis
- Brahea armata
- Butya yatay
- Carpentaria acuminata
- Caryota maxima
- Caryota obtusa
- Caryota mitis
- Caryota urens
- Ceroxilon alpinum
- Chamerops humilis
- Chanbeyronia macrocarpa
- Coccothrinax sp
- Copernicia alba
- Copernicia berteroana
- Cryosophila argentea
- Dictyosperma album
- Dypsis lastelliana
- Dypsis leptocheilos
- Dypsis madagascariensis
- Eleais guinensis
- Gaussia maya
- Howea belmoreana
- Howeia forsteriana
- Hyophorbe lagenecaulis
- Hyophorbe verschafeltii
- Jubaea chilensis
- Jubaeopsis caffra
- Latania loddigesii
- Latania lontaroides
- Latania verschaffeltii
- Livistonia benthamii
- Livistonia chinensis
- Livistonia australis
- Livistonia marieae
- Nannorrhops ritchiana
- Parajubaea torally var. microcarpa
- Parajubaea torally var. torally
- Phoenix canariensis
- Phoenix dactilifera
- Phoenix reclinata
- Phoenix roebelenii
- Pseudophoenix sargentii
- Pseudophoenix vinifera
- Pritchardia hillebrandii
- Pritchardia pacifica
- Ptychosperma elegans
- Ptychosperma macarthurii
- Ptychosperma salomonense
- Raphia farinifera
- Ravenea rivularis
- Ravenea xerophyla
- Rhapis excelsa
- Roystonea oleracea
- Roystonea regia
- Serenoa repens
- Syagrus romanzoffiana
- Syagrus schizophylla
- Trachicarpus wagnerianus
- Trachycarpus takil
- Trithrinax brasilensis
- Thrinax sp
- Veitchia joannis
- Veitchia arecina
- Wallichia densiflora
- Woodyetia bifurcata
- Sabal mauritiiformis
- Sabal palmetto
- Sabal yapa
The collection of palm trees is impressive Maspalomas Palmetum is very interesting.
