Phoenix dactylifera

Phoenix dactylifera (binomen a Carolo Linnaeo anno 1753 statutum) est species plantarum fructiferarum in Mesopotamia sive et Arabia sponte gignens, ibi et in aliis regionibus littoralibus sub climate tropico culta. Fructus ("dactyli") maturi desiccati per omnem fere terrarum orbem venditantur. Bibliographia Fontes antiquiores 1548 : William Turner, The Names of Herbes in Greke, Latin, Englishe, Duch and Frenche. Londinii: John Day, 1548 (s.v. "Palma" apud Google Books) (I neuer saw any perfit date tree yet, but onely a litle one that never came to perfection. Date trees growe in Asia in great plentie, but none in Europa whiche brynge furth any fruite) 1592 : Prosper Alpinus, De plantis Aegypti f. 10r-11v 1597 : John Gerard, The Herball, or generall historie of plantes. Londinii: John Norton pp. 1333-1335 "palma: the date tree" Eruditio recentior Sarah Sallon et al., "Origins and insights into the historic Judean date palm based on genetic analysis of germinated ancient seeds and morphometric studies" in Science Advances vol. 6 no. 6 (5 Februarii 2020) Nexus externi