Latania

Latania
Red latan palm
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Tribe: Borasseae
Genus: Latania
Comm. ex Juss.
Type species
Latania lontaroides
Synonyms
  • Cleophora Gaertn.

Latania, commonly known as latan palm or latania palm, is a genus of flowering plant in the palm tree family, native to the Mascarene Islands in the western Indian Ocean.

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