棕榈属(Trachycarpus H.Wendl)约有10个种(有专家认为其中“丛生棕榈”未见标本实物,只能算9种),主产我国中部和西南山地,除江南习见的棕树外,还有瓦氏棕、树干蛰伏盘曲在地下的龙棕、生在怒江峭壁上的怒江棕榈、西藏的雪山棕榈和喜马拉雅棕榈等稀有种。“棕榈”一词三义,包含了科名、属名、种名。为避免混淆,我们用江南民间俗称的“棕树”来替代棕榈[Trachycarpus fortunei(Hook.)H.Wendl.]的种名。棕树在我国江南有上千年的栽培史,主要取其棕毛纤维制作棕绳、蓑衣、棕垫等多种生活生产用品。各地民间选育出很多栽培种、优良品系,如湖南有线棕、圆棕、宽棕、毛 There are about 10 species of Trachycarpus H. Wendl (some experts think that there are 9 kinds of species in “cluster palms”, which can only be counted as 9 species), producing the central part of China and southwest mountainous areas. There are also Valsalva brown, trunk winding coiled brown dragon in the ground, Nu River was born in Nujiang cliffs, snow-capped mountains in Tibet and Himalayan palm rare species. The meaning of “palm” is three-pronged, which includes the family name, genus name and species name. To avoid confusion, we replace the name of Trachycarpus fortunei (Hook.) H. Wendl. With the commonly known “palm tree” in southern China. Palm trees in southern China have thousands of years of cultivation history, the main whichever brown hair fiber production of brown rope, 蓑 clothing, mat and other production supplies. Many localities have bred many cultivars and fine lines, such as Hunan wired brown, round brown, wide-brown, and wool