Editing Rhapidophyllum (section)

{{Short description|Genus of palms}}
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{{Speciesbox
| name = Needle palm
| image = Rhapidophyllum Strongbad1982.jpg
| image_caption = Specimen planted in a [[Maryland]] back yard
| status = G4
| status_system = TNC
| status_ref = <ref>{{cite web | url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.155003/Rhapidophyllum_hystrix | title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 }}</ref>
| display_parents = 3
| genus = Rhapidophyllum
| parent_authority = [[Hermann Wendland|H.Wendl.]] & [[Carl Georg Oscar Drude|Drude]]
| species = hystrix
| authority = ([[Frederick Traugott Pursh|Pursh]]) [[Hermann Wendland|H.Wendl.]] & [[Carl Georg Oscar Drude|Drude]]
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=yuyuihsa9fd79hsa0f8ha80fds80hasd0f/>
| synonyms = *''Corypha hystrix'' <small>Fraser ex Thouin</small>
*''Chamaerops hystrix'' <small>(Fraser ex Thouin) Pursh</small>
*''Sabal hystrix'' <small>(Fraser ex Thouin) Nutt.</small>
*''Rhapis caroliniana'' <small>Kunth</small>
}}

'''''Rhapidophyllum hystrix''''', the '''needle palm''', is a [[Arecaceae|palm]] native to coastal margins of the [[Subtropics|subtropical]] eastern Gulf and south Atlantic states of the [[United States]]. Populations can be found from coastal southeast [[South Carolina]], southward to [[Florida]] and west across the coastal plain of [[Mississippi]] and southern [[Alabama|Alabama.]] It has been planted as far north as western [[New York (state)|New York]] in cities like [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]] and [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]].<ref name=yuyuihsa9fd79hsa0f8ha80fds80hasd0f>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=177950 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Rhapidophyllum%20hystrix.png Biota of North America Program, county distribution map]</ref><ref>Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.</ref><ref>[http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=RHHY US Department of Agriculture Plants Profile]</ref><ref>[http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Rhapidophyllum_hystrix Palmpedia, ''Rhapidophyllum hystrix'']</ref> It is one of the most [[hardy palms|cold-hardy palms]] in the world, and can be found growing in several areas with warm temperate climates.<ref>[http://www.hardiestpalms.com/Rhystrix/index.htm Hardiest Palms, Needle Palm - ''Rhapidophyllum hystrix'']</ref>