This is a list of all the

genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...

in the botanical family

Arecaceae The Arecaceae is a family of perennial flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm trees ...

, the palm family, based on Baker & Dransfield (2016), which is a revised listing of genera given in the 2008 edition of ''

Genera Palmarum ''Genera Palmarum'' is a botany reference book that gives a detailed overview of the systematic biology of the palm family ( Arecaceae). The first edition of ''Genera Palmarum'' was published in 1987. The second edition was published in 2008, with ...

''.

Taxonomy

This is a list of all the

in the botanical family

, the palm family, arranged by

tribes The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to conflic ...

and subtribes within the family. ''

'' (2008) lists 183 genera. ''

Lanonia ''Lanonia'' is a genus of fan palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae (subtribe: Livistoninae). It has a recorded native range from southern China to Indo-China and is also found in Java. Description and phylogeny ''Lanonia'' spp. are fan palms: orig ...

'', ''

Saribus ''Saribus'' is a genus of palms (family Arecaceae), native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia and Pacific Islands. They are fan palms, the leaves with an armed petiole terminating in a rounded, costapalmate fan of numerous leaflets. '' Livistona'' is ...

'', and the monotypic genera '' Jailoloa'', '' Wallaceodoxa'', '' Manjekia'', and ''

Sabinaria ''Sabinaria magnifica'' is a species of palm tree and the only member of the genus ''Sabinaria''. Native to the Darién Gap on the border between Colombia and Panama, it grows from tall with large, deeply-divided leaf blades. It has been desc ...

'', which were described after 2008, have also been included below. '' Ceratolobus'', ''

Daemonorops ''Daemonorops'' was a genus of rattan palms in the family Arecaceae. Its species are now included within the genus ''Calamus''. Species found primarily in the tropics and subtropics of southeastern Asia with a few species extending into souther ...

'', '' Pogonotium'', ''

Wallichia ''Wallichia'' was a genus of seven species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Its species are now included within the genus ''Arenga''. Species The genus is distributed in the Eastern Himalayas, northern Indochina, and southern China ...

'', ''

Lytocaryum ''Lytocaryum'' is a monoecious genus of flowering plant in the palm family endemic to the Atlantic coast of Brazil, where 4 species are known. Palms once classified as ''Microcoelum'' are herein included; the genus is closely related to '' Syag ...

'', and the monotypic genera ''

Retispatha ''Retispatha'' is a rare, monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family endemic to Borneo, where the sole species, ''Retispatha dumetosa'', is known as (dialectal: ) or 'the bear's sugar cane'. The name combines Latin and Greek words mea ...

'', '' Pritchardiopsis'', and '' Solfia'' have since been removed from ''Genera Palmarum'' (2008) as obsolete genera. This brings the total number of genera to 181 as of 2016.

Subfamily
Calamoideae Calamoideae is a subfamily of flowering plant in the palm family found throughout Central America, South America, Africa, India, China, Southeast Asia and Australia. It is represented by 21 genera - containing nearly a quarter of all species in ...

*Tribe

Eugeissoneae ''Eugeissona'' is a clustering genus of flowering plant in the palm family native to Borneo, Thailand and Malaysia. The six monoecious species provide a wide range of local uses and are commonly called bertam or wild Bornean sago. The genus is t ...

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Eugeissona ''Eugeissona'' is a clustering genus of flowering plant in the palm family native to Borneo, Thailand and Malaysia. The six monoecious species provide a wide range of local uses and are commonly called bertam or wild Bornean sago. The genus is t ...

'' – Borneo, Malay Peninsula *Tribe

Lepidocaryeae Lepidocaryeae is a tribe of plants in the family Arecaceae. Subtribes and genera in the tribe are: *Subtribe Ancistrophyllinae – Africa **''Oncocalamus'' – Central Africa **''Eremospatha'' – Africa **''Laccosperma'' – Africa *Subtribe ...

– Africa and South America **Subtribe

Ancistrophyllinae Ancistrophyllinae is a subtribe of plants in the family Arecaceae found in Africa. Genera in the subtribe are: *''Oncocalamus'' *'' Eremospatha'' *'' Laccosperma'' See also * List of Arecaceae genera This is a list of all the genera in ...

– Africa ***''

Oncocalamus ''Oncocalamus'' is a monoecious genus of flowering plants in the palm family found in western Africa. The genus is the lone member of the Oncocalaminae; once placed with the vegetatively similar '' Eremospatha'' and '' Laccosperma'' in the Anc ...

'' – Central Africa ***''

Eremospatha ''Eremospatha'' is a genus of climbing flowering plants in the palm family found in tropical Africa. These rattans are uncommon in cultivation and poorly understood by taxonomists;. Closely related to ''Laccosperma'', they differentiated by the ...

'' – Africa ***''

Laccosperma ''Laccosperma'' is a clustering genus of flowering plant in the family palm found in tropical Africa. Poorly studied and rarely cultivated, they are closely related to the genus '' Eremospatha'' and with it form a tribe in the ''Calameae'' charac ...

'' – Africa **Subtribe Raphiinae ***'' Raphia'' – Africa, Madagascar, parts of South America **Subtribe

Mauritiinae Mauritiinae is a subtribe of plants in the family Arecaceae found in northern South America. Genera in the subtribe are: *''Lepidocaryum'' *'' Mauritia'' *''Mauritiella'' See also * List of Arecaceae genera This is a list of all the gen ...

– northern South America ***''

Lepidocaryum ''Lepidocaryum'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family from South America where the lone species, ''Lepidocaryum tenue'', is commonly called poktamui. Nine species names have been published, but palm taxonomists currently ag ...

'' – central Amazon basin; monotypic genus ***''

Mauritia ''Mauritia'' is a genus of fan palms which is native to northern South America and to the Island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. Only two species are currently accepted. References

Mauritia, Trees of South America Trees of Trinidad ...

'' – northern South America ***''

Mauritiella ''Mauritiella'' is a dioecious genus of flowering plant in the palm family found in South America where it is commonly called buriti. It is named after the similar and closely related genus '' Mauritia''.Uhl, Natalie W. and Dransfield, John (198 ...

'' – northern South America *Tribe

Calameae CalameaeKunth CS ex Lecoq & Juillet (1831) ''Dictionnaire raisonne des termes de botanique'' 98. is a palm tree tribe in the subfamily Calamoideae. The type genus is ''Calamus (palm), Calamus'' and many of its members are rattans. Genera * ''C ...

– Africa and Asia **Subtribe Korthalsiinae ***''

Korthalsia ''Korthalsia'' is a clustering genus of flowering plant in the palm family spread throughout Southeast Asia. It is a highly specialized rattan with some species known to have an intimate relationship with ants, hence the common name ant rattan.Uh ...

'' – Malesia, New Guinea, Indochina **Subtribe Salaccinae – Malesia, Indochina ***'' Eleiodoxa'' – Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo; monotypic genus ***''

Salacca ''Salacca'' is a genus of about 20 species of palms native to Southeast Asia and the eastern Himalayas. They are dioecious (with the exception of Salak Bali) and pollinated by Curculionidae beetles. They are very short-stemmed palms, with leave ...

'' – Malesia, Indochina **Subtribe Metroxylinae ***''

Metroxylon ''Metroxylon'' is a genus of monoecious flowering plants in the Arecaceae (palm) family, and commonly called the ''sago palms'' consisting of seven species. They are native to Western Samoa, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, the Moluccas, the C ...

'' – New Guinea, Melanesia **Subtribe Pigafettinae ***''

Pigafetta ''Pigafetta'' is a genus of two palm species in the family Arecaceae. They are native to the Maluku Islands, Sulawesi, and New Guinea where they grow near rivers and in forest clearings up to 900 m in elevation. It is named for Antonio Pigaf ...

'' – Sulawesi, Moluccas and New Guinea **Subtribe Plectocomiinae – Malesia, Indochina ***'' Plectocomia'' – Malesia, Indochina ***''

Myrialepis ''Myrialepis'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family, the single species, ''Myrialepis paradoxa'', native to Southeast Asia.Riffle, Robert L. and Craft, Paul (2003) ''An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms''. Portland: Timber Pr ...

'' – Malesia, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra; monotypic genus ***''

Plectocomiopsis ''Plectocomiopsis'' is a dioecious genus of flowering plant in the arecaceae, palm family found in Indochina, Malaysia, Borneo and Sumatra. Hapaxanthic and armed with spines, they are a climbing rattan, closely related to the ''Myrialepis'' palm ...

'' – Malesia, Indochina **Subtribe

Calaminae ''Calamus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the palm family Arecaceae that are among several genera known as rattan palms. There are an estimated 400 species in this genus, all native to tropical and subtropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. ...

– Africa, Asia ***''

Calamus Calamus may refer to: Botany and zoology * ''Calamus'' (fish), a genus of fish in the family Sparidae * ''Calamus'' (palm), a genus of rattan palms * Calamus, the hollow shaft of a feather, also known as the quill * '' Acorus calamus'', the swe ...

'' – Africa, Asia Obselete genera: *''

'' – Borneo *''

'' – Malesia, Indochina *'' Ceratolobus'' – Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo *'' Pogonotium'' – northern Borneo

Subfamily Nypoideae

*'' Nypa''

Subfamily
Coryphoideae The Coryphoideae is one of five subfamilies in the palm family, Arecaceae. It contains all of the genera with palmate leaves, excepting ''Mauritia'', ''Mauritiella'' and ''Lepidocaryum,'' all of subfamily Calamoideae, tribe Lepidocaryeae, subtr ...

*Tribe

Sabaleae ''Sabal'' is a genus of palms (or fan-palms) endemic to the New World. Currently, there are 17 recognized species of ''Sabal'', including one hybrid species. The species are native to the subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas, from th ...

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Sabal ''Sabal'' is a genus of palms (or fan-palms) endemic to the New World. Currently, there are 17 recognized species of ''Sabal'', including one hybrid species. The species are native to the subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas, from th ...

'' – Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico *Tribe

Cryosophileae Cryosophileae is a tribe of palms in the subfamily Coryphoideae. The tribe ranges from southern South America, through Central America, into Mexico and the Caribbean. It includes New World genera formerly included in the tribe Thrinacinae, wh ...

– Americas **''

Schippia ''Schippia concolor'', the mountain pimento or silver pimeto, is a medium-sized palm species that is native to Belize and Guatemala. Named for its discoverer, Australian botanist William A. Schipp, the species is threatened by habitat loss. It ...

'' – Guatemala and Belize; monotypic genus **''

Trithrinax ''Trithrinax'' is a genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Coryphoideae of the family Arecaceae. The name is derived from ancient Greek, where ''tri'' means three, and ''thrinax'' trident. It was named in 1837 by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Ma ...

'' – south-central South America **''

Zombia ''Zombia antillarum'', commonly known as the zombie palm, is a species of palm tree and the only member of the genus ''Zombia''. It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola (both the Dominican Republic and Haiti) in the Greater Antilles. Usuall ...

'' – Hispaniola; monotypic genus **''

Coccothrinax ''Coccothrinax'' is a genus of palms in the family Arecaceae. There are more than 50 species described in the genus, plus many synonyms and subspecies. A new species (''Coccothrinax spirituana'') was described as recently as 2017. Many ''Coccothr ...

'' – Caribbean **''

Hemithrinax ''Hemithrinax'' is a genus of palms that is endemic to eastern Cuba. It comprises three species and one variety and was previously included within the genus ''Thrinax''. * '' Hemithrinax compacta'' (Griseb. & H.Wendl.) M.Gómez - Sierra de Nipe ...

'' – Cuba **''

Leucothrinax ''Leucothrinax morrisii'', the Key thatch palm, is a small palm which is native to the Greater Antilles (except Jamaica), northern Lesser Antilles, The Bahamas and Florida and the Florida Keys in the United States. Until 2008 it was known as ...

'' – northern Caribbean; monotypic genus **''

Thrinax ''Thrinax'' is a genus in the palm family, native to the Caribbean. It is closely related to the genera '' Coccothrinax'', '' Hemithrinax'' and ''Zombia''. Flowers are small, bisexual and are borne on small stalks. Taxonomy In the first editi ...

'' – Caribbean and Central America **''

Chelyocarpus ''Chelyocarpus'' is a genus of small to medium-sized fan palms which are native to northwestern South America. Some are upright trees, while others creep along the ground. Species are used for thatch, to weave hats, stuff pillows and as a source ...

'' – Peru and nearby **''

Cryosophila ''Cryosophila'' is a genus of medium-sized fan palms that range from central Mexico to northern Colombia. Species in the genus can be readily distinguished from related genera by their distinctive downward-pointing spines on the stem, which ar ...

'' – Central America **''

Itaya ''Itaya amicorum'' is a medium-size fan palm that is native to Brazil, Colombia and Peru. It is the only species in the genus ''Itaya''. It was unknown to science until 1972, when it was discovered on the bank of the Itaya River in the Peruvian ...

'' – Amazon basin; monotypic genus **''

'' – Colombia and Panama; monotypic genus *Tribe

Phoeniceae ''Phoenix'' is a genus of 14 species of palms, native to an area starting from the Canary Islands in the west, across northern and central Africa, to the extreme southeast of Europe (Crete), and continuing throughout southern Asia from Turkey e ...

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Phoenix Phoenix most often refers to: * Phoenix (mythology), a legendary bird from ancient Greek folklore * Phoenix, Arizona, a city in the United States Phoenix may also refer to: Mythology Greek mythological figures * Phoenix (son of Amyntor), a ...

'' – Africa and Asia *Tribe

Trachycarpeae Trachycarpeae is a Tribe (biology), tribe of palms in subfamily Coryphoideae of the plant family Arecaceae. It has the widest distribution of any tribe in Coryphoideae and is found on all continents (except Antarctica), though the greatest concen ...

**Subtribe Rhapidinae ***''

Chamaerops ''Chamaerops'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae. The only currently fully accepted species is ''Chamaerops humilis'', variously called European fan palm or the Mediterranean dwarf palm. It is one of the most cold-hardy ...

'' – Mediterranean; monotypic genus ***''

Guihaia ''Guihaia'' is a genus of three species of dioecious Arecaceae, palms found in China and Vietnam.J.Dransf., S.K.Lee & F.N.Wei. 1985. Principes 29: 7-12 Perhaps its most distinctive characteristic is that it is the only palm with Palmately compoun ...

'' – Vietnam and China ***''

Trachycarpus ''Trachycarpus'' is a genus of eleven species of palms native to Asia, from the Himalaya east to eastern China. They are fan palms (subfamily Coryphoideae), with the leaves with a bare petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets ...

'' – southern China, northern Indochina, Himalayas ***''

Rhapidophyllum ''Rhapidophyllum hystrix'', the needle palm, is a palm, the sole member of the genus ''Rhapidophyllum''. It is native to coastal margins of the subtropical eastern Gulf and south Atlantic states of the United States. Endemic populations can be f ...

'' – Florida; monotypic genus ***''

Maxburretia ''Maxburretia'' is a genus of three rare species of palms found in southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia. The genus is named in honor of Max Burret, (1883 – 1964) a German botanist.Barfod, A.S. & Dransfield, J. (2013). Flora of Thailand 1 ...

'' – Malay Peninsula ***''

Rhapis ''Rhapis'' is a genus of about 10 species of small palms native to southeastern Asia from southern Japan and southern China south to Sumatra. The species are commonly known as lady palms. They are fan palms Fan palm as a descriptive term ...

'' – Indochina, Aceh **Subtribe

Livistoninae Livistoninae is a subtribe of plants in the family Arecaceae. Species in the subtribe are found throughout Indomalaya and Australasia. Genera in the subtribe are: *''Livistona'' – Indomalaya, Australasia, Gulf of Aden *''Licuala'' – Indoch ...

***''

Livistona ''Livistona'' is a genus of palms, the botanical family Arecaceae, native to southeastern and eastern Asia, Australasia, and the Horn of Africa. They are fan palms, the leaves with an armed petiole terminating in a rounded, costapalmate f ...

'' – Indomalaya, Australasia, Gulf of Aden ***''

Licuala ''Licuala'' is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands. Description and uses ''Licuala'' spp. are fa ...

'' – Indochina, Malesia, Melanesia ***''

Johannesteijsmannia ''Johannesteijsmannia'' is a genus of four species of palms found in tropical rainforests of the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and northern Sumatra. They are fan palms, usually growing without a trunk. The genus was named in honor of Johannes Elia ...

'' – Malay Peninsula and nearby parts of Sumatra and Borneo ***''

Pholidocarpus ''Pholidocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, native to Southeast Asia. It contains the following species:Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botan ...

'' – Malaysia, northern Indonesia ***''

'' – Malesia, New Guinea, Island Melanesia ***''

'' – southern China, Indochina, Java **Unplaced members of

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Acoelorrhaphe ''Acoelorrhaphe'' is a genus of palms with single species ''Acoelorrhaphe wrightii'', known as the Paurotis palm, Everglades palm or Madeira palm in EnglishWorld Checklist of Palms''Acoelorrhaphe''Germplasm Resources Information Network''Acoelor ...

'' – Central America, Cuba, Bahamas, Florida; monotypic genus ***''

Serenoa ''Serenoa repens'', commonly known as saw palmetto, is the sole species currently classified in the genus ''Serenoa''. It is a small palm, growing to a maximum height around . It is endemic to the subtropical and tropical Southeastern United S ...

'' – Florida, US Gulf Coast except Texas; monotypic genus ***''

Brahea ''Brahea'' is a genus of palms in the family Arecaceae. They are commonly referred to as hesper palms and are endemic to Mexico and Central America.Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of t ...

'' – Mexico, Central America ***''

Colpothrinax ''Colpothrinax'' is a genus of palms native to Central America and the Caribbean. ''Colpothrinax'' is a member of subfamily Coryphoideae, tribe Trachycarpeae, although its placement within the subtribe is uncertain, on the basis of plastid The ...

'' – Central America, Cuba ***''

Copernicia ''Copernicia'' is a genus of palms native to South America and the Greater Antilles. Of the known species and nothospecies ( hybrids), 22 of the 27 are endemic to Cuba. They are fan palms (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaves with a bar ...

'' – Greater Antilles, South America ***'' Pritchardia'' – Polynesia ***''

Washingtonia ''Washingtonia'' is a genus of palms, native to the southwestern United States (in southern California, and southwest Arizona) and northwest Mexico (in Baja California and Sonora). Both ''Washingtonia'' species are commonly cultivated across t ...

'' – Baja California, Colorado River region *Tribe

Chuniophoeniceae Chuniophoeniceae is a tribe of palms in subfamily Coryphoideae of plant family Arecaceae. The four genera within the tribe are morphologically dissimilar and do not have overlapping distributions. Three of the genera are monotypic, while the fou ...

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Chuniophoenix ''Chuniophoenix'' is a genus of Arecaceae, palm tree named after Chun Woon-Young, then director of the Botanical Institute, Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou. It contains three known species, native to southern China and V ...

'' – Vietnam, southern China **''

Kerriodoxa ''Kerriodoxa elegans'', the white backed palm, is the only species of palm tree in the genus ''Kerriodoxa'', in the family Arecaceae. It is an endemic species of Thailand, first discovered in the Khao Phra Thaew reserve on 11 March 1929 and desc ...

'' – southern Thailand; monotypic genus **''

Nannorrhops ''Nannorrhops ritchiana'', the Mazari palm, is the sole species in the genus ''Nannorrhops'' in the palm family Arecaceae. Distribution It is native to southwestern Asia, in the historical region of Balochistan, from the southeast of the Arabian ...

'' – SE Arabia, SE Iran, SW Pakistan; monotypic genus **''

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'' – NW Madagascar; monotypic genus *Tribe Caryoteae – Indomalaya, Australasia **''

Caryota ''Caryota'' is a genus of palm trees. They are often known as fishtail palms because of the shape of their leaves. There are about 13 species native to Asia ( China, India, Indonesia, etc.), northern Australia, and the South Pacific. One of ...

'' – Indomalaya, Australasia **'' Arenga'' – Indomalaya, Australasia *Tribe

Corypheae Corypheae is a tribe of palm trees in the subfamily Coryphoideae. In previous classifications, tribe Corypheae included four subtribes: Coryphinae, Livistoninae, Thrinacinae and Sabalinae, but recent phylogenetic studies have led to the genera ...

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Corypha ''Corypha'' (gebang palm, buri palm or talipot palm) is a genus of palms (family Arecaceae), native to India, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea and northeastern Australia (Cape York Peninsula, Queensland). They are fan palms (sub ...

'' – Indomalaya, Australasia *Tribe

Borasseae Borasseae is a tribe in the palm subfamily Coryphoideae. The tribe ranges from southern Africa and Madagascar north through the Arabian Peninsula to India, Indochina, Indonesia and New Guinea. Several genera are restricted to islands in the India ...

– Africa and Asia **Subtribe Hyphaenieae – Africa, Indian Ocean ***'' Bismarckia'' – W Madagascar; monotypic genus ***''

Satranala ''Satranala decussilvae'' is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. It is a palm endemic to Madagascar. It is the only species in the genus ''Satranala'', and is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed hab ...

'' – NE Madagascar; monotypic genus ***''

Hyphaene ''Hyphaene'' is a genus of palms native to Africa, Madagascar, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent.Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The gen ...

'' – Africa, Indian Ocean ***'' Medemia'' – Upper Nile (Sudan, Egypt); monotypic genus **Subtribe Lataniieae – Africa and Asia ***''

Latania ''Latania'', commonly known as latan palm or latania palm, is a genus of flowering plant in the palm tree family, native to the Mascarene Islands in the western Indian Ocean. Species The genus contains three species, one from each of the three m ...

'' – Mascarenes ***''

Lodoicea ''Lodoicea'', commonly known as the sea coconut, coco de mer, or double coconut, is a monotypic genus in the palm family. The sole species, ''Lodoicea maldivica'', is endemic to the islands of Praslin and Curieuse in the Seychelles. It has t ...

'' – Seychelles; monotypic genus ***'' Borassodendron'' – Malay Peninsula, Borneo ***'' Borassus'' – Africa and Asia Obsolete genera: *'' Pritchardiopsis'' – New Caledonia *''

'' – Indochina, Himalayas

Subfamily Ceroxyloideae

*Tribe Cyclospatheae **''

Pseudophoenix ''Pseudophoenix'' is a genus of Arecaceae, palms which is native to the wider Caribbean. Three species of the four species are endemic (ecology), endemic to Hispaniola, while the fourth, ''P. sargentii'', is widely distributed in the northern Ca ...

'' – Greater Antilles and nearby *Tribe Ceroxyleae **''

Ceroxylon ''Ceroxylon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae, native to the Andes in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, known as Andean wax palms.Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Bo ...

'' – northern Andes **'' Juania'' – Juan Fernández Islands; monotypic genus **'' Oraniopsis'' – Queensland; monotypic genus **'' Ravenea'' – Madagascar and Comoros *Tribe Phytelepheae – NW South America, Panama, Costa Rica **'' Ammandra'' – Colombia, Ecuador; monotypic genus **'' Aphandra'' – western Amazon basin; monotypic genus **''

Phytelephas ''Phytelephas'' is a genus containing six known species of dioecious palms (family Arecaceae), occurring from southern Panama along the Andes to Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, northwestern Brazil, and Peru. They are commonly known as ivory palm ...

'' – NW South America, Panama, Costa Rica

Subfamily
Arecoideae The Arecaceae is a family of perennial flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm trees ...

*Tribe

Iriarteeae Iriarteeae is a palm tribe in the subfamily Arecoideae. Genera Iriarteeae includes the following genera: *''Dictyocaryum'' *'' Iriartea'' *''Iriartella'' *'' Socratea'' *'' Wettinia'' See also * List of Arecaceae genera This is a list of a ...

– northern South America **''

Iriartella ''Iriartella'' is a genus of two species of palms found in northern and northwestern South America (Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and western Brazil; particularly the Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, and Pará states).Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. ...

'' – northern South America **''

Dictyocaryum ''Dictyocaryum'' is a monoecious genus of flowering plant in the palm family found in South America. It is closely related to the genus ''Iriartea''; they are commonly called araque or palma real. As many as eleven species have been described bu ...

'' – northern Andes, parts of Amazons **''

Iriartea ''Iriartea'' is a genus in the palm family Arecaceae, native to Central and South America. The best-known species – and probably the only one – is ''Iriartea deltoidea'', which is found from Nicaragua, south into Bolivia and a grea ...

'' – NW South America, Central America; monotypic genus **''

Socratea ''Socratea'' is a genus of five species of palms found in tropical Central America and South America. It is commonly believed that ''Socratea'' can move away from where it germinated by growing roots on one side and abandoning them on the other ...

'' – northern South America, Central America **''

Wettinia ''Wettinia'' is a palm genus, consisting of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae. The genus, established in 1837, contains some 20 species, but more seem to await discovery considering that 4 species - '' W. aequatorialis'', '' W. lanata'', ...

'' – NW South America *Tribe

Chamaedoreeae Chamaedoreeae is a palm tribe in the subfamily Arecoideae. It has five genera. Genera *'' Hyophorbe'' – Mascarenes *''Wendlandiella'' – Peruvian Amazon *'' Synechanthus'' – Central America, Colombia, Ecuador *'' Chamaedorea'' – Central ...

– Americas, Mascarenes **''

Hyophorbe ''Hyophorbe'' is a genus of five known species of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae, native to the Mascarene Islands in the Indian Ocean. All five species can attain heights of over 6 meters, and two of the species develop swollen trunks t ...

'' – Mascarenes **''

Wendlandiella ''Wendlandiella'' is a genus of one species of palms found in Peru, Bolivia and Acre state in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and ...

'' – Peruvian Amazon **'' Synechanthus'' – Central America, Colombia, Ecuador **'' Chamaedorea'' – Central America, NW South America **'' Gaussia'' – Mexico, Belize, Cuba *Tribe

Podococceae ''Podococcus'' is a genus of palms found in tropical Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) includi ...

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Podococcus ''Podococcus'' is a genus of palms found in tropical Africa. It includes two recognized species:Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438. * ''Podococcus acaulis'' Hua - Gabon, ...

'' – Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea *Tribe Oranieae **''

Orania Orania () is an Afrikaner separatist town founded by Afrikaners in South Africa. It is located along the Orange River in the Karoo region of the Northern Cape province. The town is split in two halves by the R369 road, and is from Cape Tow ...

'' – Malesia, New Guinea, Madagascar *Tribe Sclerospermeae **'' Sclerosperma'' – Central Africa *Tribe Roystoneeae **''

Roystonea ''Roystonea'' is a genus of eleven species of monoecious palms, native to the Caribbean Islands, and the adjacent coasts of the United States (Florida), Central America and northern South America. Commonly known as the royal palms, the genus wa ...

'' – Caribbean *Tribe Reinhardtieae **'' Reinhardtia'' – Central America *Tribe

Cocoseae Cocoseae is a tribe of cocosoid palms of the family Arecaceae. Description The fruit of the Cocoseae is a modified drupe, with a sclerenchymatous epicarp and a highly developed mesocarp, formed mainly by parenchyma . The endocarp is generally sc ...

**Subtribe Attaleinae ***''

Beccariophoenix ''Beccariophoenix'' is a genus of three species of Arecaceae (palms), native to Madagascar. The genus is closely related to the '' Cocos'', or coconut genus, and notably '' Beccariophoenix alfredii'' is similar in appearance to the coconut palm. ...

'' – Madagascar ***'' Jubaeopsis'' – South Africa; monotypic genus ***'' Voanioala'' – NE Madagascar; monotypic genus; monotypic genus ***''

Allagoptera ''Allagoptera'' is a monoecious genus of flowering plant in the palm family found in South America consisting of 5 accepted species. Compared to other genera within the Cocoseae ''Allagoptera'' is described as particularly specialized.Uhl, Natal ...

'' – Central South America ***'' Attalea'' – Americas ***''

Butia ''Butia'' is a genus of palms in the family Arecaceae, native to the South American countries of Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. Many species produce edible fruits, which are sometimes used to make alcoholic beverages and other foods. ...

'' – SE South America ***'' Cocos'' – cosmopolitan; monotypic genus ***''

Jubaea ''Jubaea'' is a genus of palms with one species, ''Jubaea chilensis'' or ''Jubaea spectabilis'', commonly known in English as the Chilean wine palm or Chile cocopalm, and palma chilena in Spanish. It is native to southwestern South America and i ...

'' – Chile; monotypic genus ***'' Syagrus'' – South America ***''

Parajubaea ''Parajubaea'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. They are native to the northern Andes mountains in northwestern South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the So ...

'' – Andes **Subtribe Bactridinae – Americas ***''

Acrocomia ''Acrocomia'' is a genus of palms which is native to the Neotropics, ranging from Mexico in the north, through Central America and the Caribbean, and through South America south to Argentina. Description ''Acrocomia'' is a genus of spiny, pin ...

'' – Americas ***''

Astrocaryum ''Astrocaryum'' is a genus of about 36 to 40 species of palms native to Central and South America and Trinidad. Description ''Astrocaryum'' is a genus of spiny palms with pinnately compound leaves–rows of leaflets emerge on either side of th ...

'' – Americas ***''

Aiphanes ''Aiphanes'' is a genus of spiny palms which is native to tropical regions of South and Central America and the Caribbean.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families There are about 26 species in the genus (see below), ranging in size fr ...

'' – NW South America, Caribbean ***''

Bactris ''Bactris'' is a genus of spiny palms which are native to Mexico, South and Central America and the Caribbean. Most species are small trees about tall, but some are large trees while others are shrubs with subterranean stems. They have simple o ...

'' – South America, Central America, Caribbean ***''

Desmoncus ''Desmoncus'' is a genus of mostly climbing, spiny palms native to the Neotropics. The genus extends from Mexico in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south, with two species present in the southeastern Caribbean (Trinidad and the Windwar ...

'' – South America, Central America **Subtribe Elaeidinae ***'' Barcella'' – northern Brazil; monotypic genus ***''

Elaeis ''Elaeis'' () is a genus of palms containing two species, called oil palms. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil. The African oil palm ''Elaeis guineensis'' (the species name ''guineensis'' referring to its cou ...

'' – Africa, northern South America *Tribe Manicarieae **''

Manicaria ''Manicaria'' is a palm genus which is found in Trinidad, Central and South America. It contains two recognized species: #'' Manicaria martiana'' Burret – Colombia, northwestern Brazil #''Manicaria saccifera'' Gaertn. – Central America, Tri ...

'' – northern South America *Tribe Euterpeae – South America, Central America, Caribbean **''

Hyospathe ''Hyospathe'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, native to South America and Central America. It contains the following species:Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of th ...

'' – northern South America **''

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'' – South America, Central America **''

Prestoea ''Prestoea'' is a genus of palms native to the Caribbean, Central and South America. Its range extends from Nicaragua and the Greater Antilles in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south. * '' Prestoea acuminata'' (Willd.) H.E.Moore - C ...

'' – northern South America, Caribbean **''

Neonicholsonia ''Neonicholsonia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family native to Central America ( Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama).Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1 ...

'' – Central America; monotypic genus **''

Oenocarpus ''Oenocarpus'' is a genus of pinnate-leaved palms (Arecaceae) native to Trinidad, southern Central and tropical South America. (2004): World Checklist of Arecaceae &ndash''Oenocarpus'' The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Re ...

'' – South America *Tribe

Geonomateae Geonomateae (also Geonomeae) is a palm tribe in the subfamily Arecoideae. It is an important Neotropical group due to its wide distribution across Central and South America, its diversity and abundance, and the use of a number of species by local ...

– Americas **'' Welfia'' – Central America, Colombia, Ecuador **'' Pholidostachys'' – NW South America, Panama, Costa Rica **'' Calyptrogyne'' – Central America **'' Calyptronoma'' – Greater Antilles **'' Asterogyne'' – northern South America, Central America **'' Geonoma'' – Americas *Tribe Leopoldinieae **'' Leopoldinia'' – Central Amazon basin *Tribe

Pelagodoxeae Pelagodoxeae is a tribe of plants in the family Arecaceae found in Oceania, namely in New Guinea and the Marquesas Islands. The tribe has two monotypic genera, which are: *'' Pelagodoxa'' – Marquesas Islands *'' Sommieria'' – NW New Guinea ...

– New Guinea, Oceania **''

Pelagodoxa ''Pelagodoxa henryana'' is a species of palm tree, and the only species in the genus ''Pelagodoxa''. It is found only in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia, where it is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed hab ...

'' – Marquesas Islands; monotypic genus **''

Sommieria ''Sommieria'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family endemic to New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and West Papua in Indonesia) where they grow in rain forest understory. The sole species is ''Sommieria leucophylla''. They resembl ...

'' – NW New Guinea; monotypic genus *Tribe Areceae – Malesia, Australasia, Madagascar **Subtribe

Archontophoenicinae Archontophoenicinae is a botanical subtribe consisting of four genera of palms, namely ''Archontophoenix'' from Queensland and New South Wales and ''Actinokentia'', ''Chambeyronia'' and '' Kentiopsis'' from New Caledonia. Phylogenetic relationshi ...

– New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia ***'' Actinorhytis'' – New Guinea; monotypic genus ***'' Archontophoenix'' – eastern Australia ***'' Actinokentia'' – New Caledonia ***'' Chambeyronia'' – New Caledonia ***''

Kentiopsis ''Kentiopsis'' is a genus of palm trees endemic to New Caledonia. Relationships between ''Kentiopsis'' and the other genera of subtribe Archontophoenicinae, including the Australian ''Archontophoenix'' and the New Caledonia endemic ''Chambeyronia ...

'' – New Caledonia **Subtribe Arecinae – Indochina, Malesia, New Guinea ***''

Areca ''Areca'' is a genus of 51 species of palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests from the islands of the Philippines, Malaysia and India, across Southeast Asia to Melanesia. The generic name ''Areca'' is derived from a name u ...

'' – Indochina, Malesia, New Guinea ***'' Nenga'' – Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java ***''

Pinanga ''Pinanga'' is a genus of flowering plant of the palm family in the subtribe Arecinae. It is native to eastern and southern Asia (India, China, Indo-China, Malesia) across to New Guinea. Species Accepted species: * '' Pinanga acaulis'' Ridl ...

'' – Indochina, Malesia, New Guinea **Subtribe

Basseliniinae Basseliniinae is a subtribe of plants in the family Arecaceae. Genera: *'' Basselinia'' *''Burretiokentia ''Burretiokentia'' is a genus of palms (Arecaceae) endemic to New Caledonia containing five species In biology, a species is th ...

– Island Melanesia ***'' Basselinia'' – New Caledonia ***''

Burretiokentia ''Burretiokentia'' is a genus of palms (Arecaceae) endemic to New Caledonia containing five species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A sp ...

'' – New Caledonia ***''

Cyphophoenix ''Cyphophoenix'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It contains 4 known species, all endemic to New Caledonia. The relationships between ''Cyphophoenix'' and some other genera of the tribe Basseliniinae including '' Physoken ...

'' – New Caledonia ***'' Cyphosperma'' – New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji ***'' Lepidorrhachis'' – Lord Howe Island; monotypic genus ***''

Physokentia ''Physokentia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the palm family, native to certain islands of the western Pacific. Description This genus contains the following species: The relationships between ''Physokentia'' and some other genera of the t ...

'' – Island Melanesia **Subtribe

Carpoxylinae Carpoxylinae is a subtribe of plants in the family Arecaceae. Genera: *'' Carpoxylon'' *'' Neoveitchia'' *''Satakentia ''Satakentia liukiuensis'' (satake palm, yaeyama-yashi apanese ヤエヤマヤシ satakentia palm, yaeyama palm), is a spe ...

– Island Melanesia, Ryukyu Islands ***'' Carpoxylon'' – northern Vanuatu; monotypic genus ***''

Satakentia ''Satakentia liukiuensis'' (satake palm, yaeyama-yashi apanese ヤエヤマヤシ satakentia palm, yaeyama palm), is a species of palm tree. They are endemic to Ishigaki Island and Iriomote Island in the Yaeyama Islands, the south-westernmost of ...

'' – Ryukyu Islands; monotypic genus ***'' Neoveitchia'' – Vanuatu, Fiji **Subtribe

Clinospermatinae Clinospermatinae is a subtribe of plants in the family Arecaceae. Genera: *''Cyphokentia ''Cyphokentia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the palm family endemic to New Caledonia. the genus is named from two Greek Greek may refer to: G ...

– New Caledonia ***''

Cyphokentia ''Cyphokentia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the palm family endemic to New Caledonia. the genus is named from two Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethni ...

'' – New Caledonia ***'' Clinosperma'' – New Caledonia **Subtribe Dypsidinae – Madagascar, Comoros ***''

Dypsis ''Dypsis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae. They are slender, evergreen palms with yellow flowers carried in panicles amongst the pinnate leaves. Many ''Dypsis'' species have aerial branching (above the main trunk), a rare ...

'' – Madagascar, Comoros ***'' Lemurophoenix'' – NE Madagascar; monotypic genus ***''

Marojejya ''Marojejya'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It contains the following two species, both endemic to Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasik ...

'' – E Madagascar ***''

Masoala ''Masoala'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It contains the following species, both endemic to Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, ...

'' – E Madagascar **Subtribe Laccospadicinae – New Guinea, E Australia ***'' Calyptrocalyx'' – New Guinea ***''

Linospadix ''Linospadix'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is native to New Guinea and Australia.Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It c ...

'' – New Guinea, E Australia ***''

Howea ''Howea'' is a genus of two palms, '' H. belmoreana'' and '' H. forsteriana'', both endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia. ''H. forsteriana'' in particular is commonly grown as an indoor plant in the Northern Hemisphere, and the two species for ...

'' – Lord Howe Island ***'' Laccospadix'' – northern Queensland; monotypic genus **Subtribe

Oncospermatinae Oncospermatinae is a palm tree subtribe in the tribe Areceae. Genera: *'' Acanthophoenix'' *'' Deckenia'' *'' Oncosperma'' *'' Tectiphiala'' References External links Arecaceae subtribes {{Areceae-stub ...

– Malesia, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Mascarenes ***'' Oncosperma'' – Malesia ***'' Deckenia'' – Seychelles; monotypic genus ***'' Acanthophoenix'' – Mascarenes ***'' Tectiphiala'' – Mauritius; monotypic genus **Subtribe

Ptychospermatinae Ptychospermatinae is a palm tree subtribe in the tribe Areceae. Genera: *'' Adonidia'' *'' Balaka'' *'' Brassiophoenix'' *'' Carpentaria'' *'' Drymophloeus'' *'' Jailoloa'' *'' Manjekia'' *'' Normanbya'' *'' Ponapea'' *'' Ptychococcus'' *'' Pty ...

– Australasia ***''

Ptychosperma ''Ptychosperma'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea, with a few in the Solomon Islands and in Maluku Province of eastern Indonesia. Some have been cultivated abroad as house or ...

'' – New Guinea, northern Australia ***'' Ponapea'' – Caroline Islands, Bismarcks ***''

Adonidia ''Adonidia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae, native to the Philippines and Borneo. History of the genus The genus was originally described in 1919. In 1957, it was transferred to the genus ''Veitchia''. In 2008, further ...

'' – Palawan ***'' Balaka'' – Fiji, Samoa ***''

Veitchia ''Veitchia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It contains the following species, all native to islands in the Pacific Ocean (Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga and the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consi ...

'' – Vanuatu, Fiji ***''

Carpentaria ''Carpentaria acuminata'' (carpentaria palm), the sole species in the genus ''Carpentaria'', is a Arecaceae, palm native to tropical coastal regions in the north of Northern Territory, Australia. It is a slender palm, growing to tall in the g ...

'' – Northern Territory; monotypic genus ***''

Wodyetia ''Wodyetia bifurcata'', the foxtail palm, is a species of palm in the family Arecaceae, native to Queensland, Australia. It is the sole species in the genus ''Wodyetia''. The Palm and Cycads Societies of Australia (PACSOA) describes this palm a ...

'' – northern Queensland; monotypic genus ***'' Drymophloeus'' – NW New Guinea, Bismarcks, Solomon Islands, Samoa ***'' Normanbya'' – northern Queensland; monotypic genus ***'' Brassiophoenix'' – Papua New Guinea ***'' Ptychococcus'' – New Guinea ***'' Jailoloa'' – Halmahera; monotypic genus ***'' Manjekia'' – Biak; monotypic genus ***'' Wallaceodoxa'' – Raja Ampat Islands; monotypic genus **Subtribe

Rhopalostylidinae Rhopalostylidinae is a botanical subtribe consisting of two genera of palms from Australia and New Zealand, ''Hedyscepe'' and '' Rhopalostylis''. These two genera were formerly included in Archontophoenicinae, to which they are morphologically s ...

– New Zealand ***''

Rhopalostylis ''Rhopalostylis'' is a genus of two species of palms native to the South Pacific. Both are smooth-trunked, with regular ringed scars from fallen leaves. The leaves are 3–5 m in length, and the leaf bases encircle the trunk. Distribution ''R ...

'' – New Zealand, Chatham Islands, Norfolk Island, and Kermadec Islands ***''

Hedyscepe ''Hedyscepe canterburyana'', the big mountain palm or umbrella palm, is the sole species in the genus ''Hedyscepe'' of the family Arecaceae. It is endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia and is threatened by habitat loss. It is a solitary palm wit ...

'' – Lord Howe Island; monotypic genus **Subtribe

Verschaffeltiinae Verschaffeltiinae is a subtribe of plants in the family Arecaceae endemic to the Seychelles. Genera in the subtribe, all of which are monotypic, are: *'' Nephrosperma'' *''Phoenicophorium ''Phoenicophorium'', the thief palm, is a monotypic g ...

– Seychelles ***'' Nephrosperma'' – Seychelles; monotypic genus ***''

Phoenicophorium ''Phoenicophorium'', the thief palm, is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. The sole species is ''Phoenicophorium borsigianum''. It is endemic to the Seychelles, being is fairly widespread on the larger islands of the ...

'' – Seychelles; monotypic genus ***'' Roscheria'' – Seychelles; monotypic genus ***'' Verschaffeltia'' – Seychelles; monotypic genus **Unplaced members of Areceae ***'' Bentinckia'' – South India, Nicobars ***''

Clinostigma ''Clinostigma'' is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae (palm) family, native to various islands in the western Pacific. It contains the following species:Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of ...

'' – western Oceania ***''

Cyrtostachys ''Cyrtostachys'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Its species are found in southeast Asia, New Guinea, and in some of the South-Central and Southwest Pacific island habitats of the Oceanian realm.Heatubun, C.D., Baker, W. ...

'' – Malesia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands ***''

Dictyosperma ''Dictyosperma'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family found in the Mascarene Islands in the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues). The sole species, ''Dictyosperma album'', is widely cultivated in the tropics bu ...

'' – Mascarenes; monotypic genus ***''

Dransfieldia ''Dransfieldia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family from western New Guinea where the lone species ''Dransfieldia micrantha'' grows in dense rain forest. Discovered in 1872, 134 years passed before DNA testing revealed it ...

'' – West Papua; monotypic genus ***''

Heterospathe ''Heterospathe'' is a monoecious genus of flowering plant in the palm family found in Oceania, where it is called sagisi palm. With 39 species, ''Heterospathe'' is named from a Greek combination of "various" and "spathe", which describes the two ...

'' – Philippines, New Guinea, Island Melanesia ***''

Hydriastele ''Hydriastele'' is a diverse and widespread genus of flowering plant in the arecaceae, palm family found throughout northern Australia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and Southeast Asia. It consisted of just nine species until 2004, when molecular resea ...

'' – Australasia ***'' Iguanura'' – Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo ***''

Loxococcus ''Loxococcus rupicola'' is a species of palm tree, and the only species in the genus ''Loxococcus''. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the ...

'' – Sri Lanka; monotypic genus ***''

Rhopaloblaste ''Rhopaloblaste'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, native to New Guinea, Melanesia and Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-easter ...

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'' – Brazil *'' Solfia'' – Samoa

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Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, V ...

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Mascarenes The Mascarene Islands (, ) or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipelago is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar consisting of the islands belonging to the Republic of Mauritius as well as the French department of Réunion. Their ...

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Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...

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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

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Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

Asia Minor Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...

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Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...

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India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

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Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

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Lesser Sunda Islands The Lesser Sunda Islands or nowadays known as Nusa Tenggara Islands ( id, Kepulauan Nusa Tenggara, formerly ) are an archipelago in Maritime Southeast Asia, north of Australia. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up t ...

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Comoros The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد القمري ' is an independent country made up of three islands in southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. It ...

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Malay Peninsula The Malay Peninsula (Malay: ''Semenanjung Tanah Melayu'') is a peninsula in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The area ...

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Marquesas The Marquesas Islands (; french: Îles Marquises or ' or '; Marquesan: ' ( North Marquesan) and ' ( South Marquesan), both meaning "the land of men") are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in t ...

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Micronesia Micronesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of about 2,000 small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It has a close shared cultural history with three other island regions: the Philippines to the west, Polynesia to the east, and ...

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Moluccas The Maluku Islands (; Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Maluku'') or the Moluccas () are an archipelago in the east of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located eas ...

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Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

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and the

Bismarck Archipelago The Bismarck Archipelago (, ) is a group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean and is part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. Its area is about 50,000 square km. History The first inhabitants o ...

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New Hebrides New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium (french: link=no, Condominium des Nouvelles-Hébrides, "Condominium of the New Hebrides") and named after the Hebrides Scottish archipelago, was the colonial name for the island group ...

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New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

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Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

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Ryukyu Islands The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni ...

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Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ...

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Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...

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Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

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Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

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Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa (i.e., Africa, but excluding North Africa) has 16 genera and 65 species. ;Tropical

West Africa West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Maurit ...

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East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa: Due to the historical ...

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Southern Africa Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number of ...

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New World

There are 65 genera and 730 species in the New World. ;

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

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Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...

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Mauritia ''Mauritia'' is a genus of fan palms which is native to northern South America and to the Island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. Only two species are currently accepted. References

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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

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'' *'' Barcella'' *''

'' *'' Chamaedorea'' *''

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'' *'' Leopoldinia'' *''

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Mauritia ''Mauritia'' is a genus of fan palms which is native to northern South America and to the Island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. Only two species are currently accepted. References

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Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...

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Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

(see also

Juan Fernández Islands The Juan Fernández Islands ( es, Archipiélago Juan Fernández) are a sparsely inhabited series of islands in the South Pacific Ocean reliant on tourism and fishing. Situated off the coast of Chile, they are composed of three main volcanic i ...

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Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

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Mauritia ''Mauritia'' is a genus of fan palms which is native to northern South America and to the Island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. Only two species are currently accepted. References

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Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

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Mauritia ''Mauritia'' is a genus of fan palms which is native to northern South America and to the Island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. Only two species are currently accepted. References

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Greater Antilles The Greater Antilles ( es, Grandes Antillas or Antillas Mayores; french: Grandes Antilles; ht, Gwo Zantiy; jam, Grieta hAntiliiz) is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and ...

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Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

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Guianas The Guianas, sometimes called by the Spanish loan-word ''Guayanas'' (''Las Guayanas''), is a region in north-eastern South America which includes the following three territories: * French Guiana, an overseas department and region of France * ...

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Mauritia ''Mauritia'' is a genus of fan palms which is native to northern South America and to the Island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. Only two species are currently accepted. References

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Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles ( es, link=no, Antillas Menores; french: link=no, Petites Antilles; pap, Antias Menor; nl, Kleine Antillen) are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of them are part of a long, partially volcanic island arc betwe ...

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Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

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Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

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Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

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Mauritia ''Mauritia'' is a genus of fan palms which is native to northern South America and to the Island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. Only two species are currently accepted. References

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Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

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Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...

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Mauritia ''Mauritia'' is a genus of fan palms which is native to northern South America and to the Island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. Only two species are currently accepted. References

Mauritia, Trees of South America Trees of Trinidad ...

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Extinct genera

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Paschalococos ''Paschalococos disperta'', the Rapa Nui palm or Easter Island palm, formerly ''Jubaea disperta,'' was the native cocoid palm species of Easter Island. It disappeared from the pollen record circa AD 1650. Taxonomy It is not known whether the spe ...

'' *'' Latanites'' *''

Palaeoraphe ''Palaeoraphe'' is an extinct genus of palms, represented by one species, ''Palaeoraphe dominicana'' from early Miocene Burdigalian stage Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola, in the modern-day Dominican Republic. Discovery a ...

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Palmoxylon ''Palmoxylon'' (petrified palmwood) is an extinct genus of palm named from petrified wood found around the world. Fossil record This genus is known in the fossil record from the Late Cretaceous to the Miocene (from about 84.9 to 11.6 million y ...

'' *'' Phoenicites''

References

External links

Classification on Palmweb
{{Arecaceae genera

Taxonomy

Subfamily Calamoideae Calamoideae is a subfamily of flowering plant in the palm family found throughout Central America, South America, Africa, India, China, Southeast Asia and Australia. It is represented by 21 genera - containing nearly a quarter of all species in ...

Subfamily Nypoideae

Subfamily Coryphoideae The Coryphoideae is one of five subfamilies in the palm family, Arecaceae. It contains all of the genera with palmate leaves, excepting ''Mauritia'', ''Mauritiella'' and ''Lepidocaryum,'' all of subfamily Calamoideae, tribe Lepidocaryeae, subtr ...

Subfamily Ceroxyloideae

Subfamily Arecoideae The Arecaceae is a family of perennial flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm trees ...

Geographical distributions

Old World

Africa

New World

Extinct genera

See also

References

External links

Subfamily
Calamoideae Calamoideae is a subfamily of flowering plant in the palm family found throughout Central America, South America, Africa, India, China, Southeast Asia and Australia. It is represented by 21 genera - containing nearly a quarter of all species in ...

Subfamily
Coryphoideae The Coryphoideae is one of five subfamilies in the palm family, Arecaceae. It contains all of the genera with palmate leaves, excepting ''Mauritia'', ''Mauritiella'' and ''Lepidocaryum,'' all of subfamily Calamoideae, tribe Lepidocaryeae, subtr ...

Subfamily
Arecoideae The Arecaceae is a family of perennial flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm trees ...