Phoenix atlantica Phoenix atlantica Phoenix atlantica (common name Cape Verde Island date palm) is an endangered species in the palm family Arecaceae, in the genus "Phoenix". It is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands. "Phoenix atlantica" is a relative of "Phoenix dactylifera", the cultivated date palm. "P. atlantica" is clearly distinct from its close relatives and that its closest relative is likely to be its nearest geographical neighbour, "P. dactylifera". The Cape Verde palm, is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands, and was erroneously characterized as a feral "Phoenix dactylifera". Three species of the genus "Phoenix" are recorded from the Cape Verde
The Phoenix and the Turtle his sister, for whom Salusbury himself had written a poem. An alternative is to interpret the Turtle as John Salusbury and the Phoenix as Queen Elizabeth I, which would explain the chastity of the relationship and the implication that their "child" is something mystical rather than physical. Elizabeth was often connected to the phoenix, and she is referred to as the "maiden phoenix" in the play "Henry VIII", partly written by Shakespeare (though the "maiden phoenix" passage is typically attributed to John Fletcher). Two panel portraits attributed to Nicholas Hilliard are known as the "Phoenix" and "Pelican" portraits because of