Editing Date palm (section)

== Etymology ==
The species name ''dactylifera'' 'date-bearing' is [[Latin]], and is formed with the loanword {{lang|la|dactylus}} in Latin from [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] {{lang|grc-Latn|daktylos}} ({{lang|grc|δάκτυλος}}), which means 'date' (also 'finger'),<ref name="LSJ|da/ktulos|δάκτυλος|ref">{{LSJ|da/ktulos|δάκτυλος|ref}}</ref> and with the native Latin {{lang|la|fero}}, which means 'to bear'.<ref>{{L&S|fero|fĕro|ref}}</ref> The [[fruit]] is known as a date.<ref>"Date Palm". 15 October 2008. [[HowStuffWorks]].com.</ref> The fruit's English name (through [[Old French]], through [[Latin]]) comes from the Greek word for 'finger', {{lang|grc|δάκτυλος}},<ref name="LSJ|da/ktulos|δάκτυλος|ref"/> because of the fruit's elongated shape.

The variety ''[[Phoenix dactylifera]]'' var. ''jubae,'' now considered a synonym for ''P. canairensis,'' was named after [[Juba II|King Juba II]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Briones |first=Julià Molero |last2=Pereira |first2=Trinidad Arcos |last3=Carrasco |first3=María Dolores García de Paso |last4=Reyes-Betancort |first4=Jorge Alfredo |last5=Santos‐Guerra |first5=Arnoldo |last6=Jestrow |first6=Brett |last7=Francisco‐Ortega |first7=Javier |date=2025-04-30 |title=On the Macaronesian endemic woody spurge Euphorbia regis‐jubae Webb & Berthel. and eponyms honouring the Numidian King Juba II (48 BCE –23/24 CE) |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134297198 |journal=Curtis's Botanical Magazine |doi=10.1111/CURT.12623|url-access=subscription }}</ref>