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Phoenix dactylifera L.
Date palm
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Liliopsida | Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family |
| Subclass | Arecidae | Palm-like plants |
| Order | Arecales | Palms |
| Family | Arecaceae | Palms |
| Genus | Phoenix | A Greek name for the date palm, of uncertain meaning |
| Species | dactylifera | Fingerlike, furnished with fingers |
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Phoenix dactylifera description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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By Jean-Theodore Descourtilz, who worked for the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro. · 2/28/2011 · Susan and Raimond’s, Phoenix, Arizona 
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