Another Darwin Botanical Garden Palm ID

[GoatLockerGuns]

I am trying to ID another palm from my 2007 visit to the Botanical Garden in Darwin, Australia.  Unfortunately, I captured mainly the trunks of these palms in the picture with little of the crowns showing.  From what is showing, they appear to be fan shaped.  I thought they were interesting the way the base of the leaf stalks attached to the trunks.  With the manicuring that was done to them, they almost look like giant thorns.

 

Any help you could provide in identifying them would be greatly appreciated.

[Alicehunter2000]

Looks like Livistonia sp. .... maybe nitida? .... trunk color, leaves and the lack of armament on the remaining boots looks like it .... but there are many Livistonia that look a lot alike.

[GoatLockerGuns]

Alicehunter2000,

 

Thanks.  Palmpedia has pictures of Livistona sairbus, Livistona inermis, Livistona muelleri, Livistona humilis, and Livistona lorophylla all taken at the botanical gardens in Darwin.  Unfortunately, none of those pictures are of this grove; and none of the numerous pictures in those entries show the "thorn-like" trunks depicted here.  I am going to continue researching the Livistonas and see if I can get a match (I can't be the only guy who took a picture of these beautiful palms).

 

Here is another shot I took of them from a different angle.

 

Rich

[Tulio]

May be Livistona benthamii

[GoatLockerGuns]

Tulio,

 

Yeah...I think Livistona benthamii is the best candidate yet.  The pictures of the trunks and leaf stem bases on Palmpedia are almost an exact match (http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Livistona_benthamii).  Thank you for your help!

 

Rich

[tropicbreeze]

Yes, they're Livistona benthamii. A common local palm and there's lots of them in the Botanic Gardens.