Below is an incomplete list of palms that are susceptible and "resistant" to lethal yellowing disease (LY). Please feel free to e-mail the webmaster (webmaster@plantapalm.com) if you have a species to add.
| Known to be susceptible | Not known to be susceptible |
| Adonidia merrillii* Aiphanes lindeniana Allagoptera arenaria Arenga engleri Borassus flabellifer Caryota mitis Cocos nucifera* (many varieties, especially the talls) Corypha elata Dictyosperma album Dypsis cabadae Dypsis decaryii Gaussia attenuata Howea belmoreana Hyophorbe verschaffeltii Latania sp. Livistona chinensis Livistona rotundifolia Nannorhops ritchiana Phoenix canariensis Phoenix dactylifera Phoenix reclinata Phoenix sylvestris Pritchardia sp.* Ravenea hildebrandtii Syagrus schizophylla Trachycarpus fortunei Veitchia arecina |
Acoelorrhaphe wrightii Arenga pinnata Bactris gasipaes Carpentaria acuminata Chamaerops humilis Coccothrinax argentata Dypsis lutescens Elaeis guineensis Heterospathe elata Phoenix roebelenii Ptychosperma macarthurii Rhapidophyllum hystrix Roystonea regia Roystonea hispaniola Sabal causiarum Sabal palmetto Syagrus amara Syagrus romanzoffiana Thrinax morrissii Thrinax parviflora Washingtonia filifera Washingtonia robusta |
* Known to be highly susceptible
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