Distribution
Roystonea regia is found in southern Florida, north-central and south-east Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Cuba, the Cayman Islands and The Bahamas. It has been planted throughout the tropics and subtropics as an ornamental tree.
William Bartram described the species from Lake Dexter, along the St. Johns River in the area of modern Lake and Volusia Counties in central Florida, an area well north of its modern range. The reason for its contraction in range is uncertain—it has been suggested that a severe freeze in 1835 and 1894–95 eliminated northern populations, or that land clearing by settlers eliminated most populations of the tree.
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