Family Palmae

Palms are among the best known and extensively cultivated plant families.

Genera in the family Palmae of plants

Acanthophoenix - The solitary trunks are robust and conspicuously ringed, sparsely armed in youth, with a slightly swollen base.

 

Actinokentia - Actinokentia is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

Adonidia - It is found naturally growing only in the Philippines.

 

Aiphanes - Aiphanes is a genus of spiny palms which is native to tropical regions of South and Central America and the Caribbean.

 

Alloschmidia - Alloschmidia is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Alsmithia - Alsmithia is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

Archontophoenix - Species include:

 

Areca - See text

 

Arenga - Arenga is a genus of 24 species of palms, native to tropical regions of southern and southeastern Asia.

 

Asterogyne - Asterogyne is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

Astrocaryum - Avoira Giseke Toxophoenix Schott

Attalea - Attalea may refer to:

Bactris - Bactris is a genus of about 240 species in the palm family, Arecaceae, native to Central and South America, and the Caribbean.

 

Balaka - Balaka may refer to:

 

Basselinia - Basselinia is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

Beccariophoenix - Beccariophoenix is a genus of 3 species of Arecaceae , native to Madagascar.

 

Bentinckia - Bentinckia is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Borassodendron - Borassodendron is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Borassus - Borassus is a genus of six species of fan palms, native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia and New Guinea.

Brahea - Erythea S. Glaucothea O.

 

Brongniartikentia - Brongniartikentia is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Butia - Butia,also known as a Pindo Palm is a genus of nine species of palms in the family Arecaceae, native to South America in Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina.

 

Calamus - Calamus may mean:

 

Carpoxylon - Carpoxylon is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Caryota - Caryota is a genus of palm trees.

Ceroxylon - The species are almost exclusively montane and include the tallest palm , C.

Chambeyronia - Chambeyronia is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Chelyocarpus - Tessmanniophoenix Burret Tessmanniodoxa Burret

 

Chuniophoenix - Chuniophoenix is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Clinostigma - Clinostigma is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

Coccothrinax - Coccothrinax is a genus of palms in the Arecaceae family.

 

Colpothrinax - Colpothrinax is a genus of palms native to Central America and the Caribbean.

Copernicia - Copernicia is a genus of 24 species of palms, native to South America and the Caribbean.

Corypha - Corypha is a genus of six or seven species does not recognise C.

 

Cryosophila - Acanthorrhiza H.

Cyphophoenix - Cyphophoenix is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Cyphosperma - Cyphosperma is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Cyrtostachys - Species include:

Deckenia - It is a palm tree, growing to a height of 40 meters.

 

Drymophloeus - Drymophloeus is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

Dypsis - Species include:

Gaussia - Gaussia may refer to:

 

Geonoma - Gynestum Poit. Kalbreyera Burret Roebelia Engel Taenianthera Burret Vouay Aubl.

 

Gulubia - The palms now classified in this genus have uniting traits but are nonetheless diverse.

Howea - Both Howea species are unarmed, monoecious palms of moderate size.

Hyophorbe - Hyophorbe is a genus of about five species of flowering plants in the Arecaceae family, native to the Mascarene Islands.

 

Hyospathe - Hyospathe is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Hyphaene - Hyphaene is a genus of eight species of palms which includes the Doum palm .

 

Itaya - Itaya amicorum is a medium-sized, single-stemmed palm with fan-shaped leaves.

 

Juania - Juania australis is a solitary trunked palm tree which grows on the Juan Fernández Islands off the coast of Chile.

 

Jubaea - It is a palm reaching heights of 25 metres with a trunk up to 1.

Jubaeopsis - The Pondoland Palm is a flowering plant species in the palm family .

 

Kentiopsis - Kentiopsis is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

Latania - Latania commonly known as Latan palm is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Lavoixia - Lavoixia is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Lemurophoenix - Lemurophoenix is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Licuala - Licuala is a genus of palms commonly found in tropical rainforests of southern Asia, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands.

 

Linospadix - It contains the following species:

 

Livistona - Saribus Blume Wissmannia Burret

Lodoicea - Formerly the Coco de Mer was known as Maldive Coconut.

 

Loxococcus - Loxococcus is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Mackeea - Kentiopsis is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Marojejya - Marojejya is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Masoala - Masoala is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Mauritia - Mauritia is a genus of fan palms which is native to northern South America.

 

Medemia - Medemia is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Metroxylon - Metroxylon is a genus of monoecious flowering plants in the Arecaceae family, consisting of seven species.

Moratia - Moratia is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

Neoveitchia - Neoveitchia is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

Nephrosperma - Nephrosperma is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Normanbya - The Black Palm is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Oenocarpus - Jessenia H.

 

Oncosperma - Oncosperma is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

Orania - Orania may refer to:

Parajubaea - Parajubaea is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Pelagodoxa - Pelagodoxa is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

Phoenicophorium - The Thief Palm, also known as the Latanier Palm, is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

Phoenix - Phoenix most often refers to:

 

Pholidocarpus - Pholidocarpus is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Physokentia - Physokentia is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Phytelephas - Elephantusia Willd. Palandra O. Yarina O.

 

Pinanga - Pinanga is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Plectocomia - Plectocomia is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Prestoea - Prestoea is a genus of palms native to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Pritchardia - Eupritchardia Kuntze Styloma O.

 

Pritchardiopsis - Pritchardiopsis is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

Pseudophoenix - Pseudophoenix is a genus of palms which is native to the wider Caribbean.

 

Ptychosperma - Ptychosperma is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

Raphia - Raphia may refer to:

Ravenea - Ravenea is a genus of 17 species of palms, all endemic to Madagascar and the Comoros.

 

Rhopaloblaste - Rhopaloblaste is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Roscheria - Roscheria melanochaetes is a slow growing palm, the trunk reaches 8 m in height at 8 cm in diameter, usually straight, featuring distinctive rings near the crown.

Roystonea - Roystonea is a genus of eleven species of monoecious palms, native to the Caribbean Islands, and the adjacent coasts of Florida, Central and South America.

Sabal - Inodes O.

Satakentia - Satakentia is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Satranala - Satranala is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Schippia - Schippia concolor is a medium-sized, single-stemmed palm with fan-shaped leaves.

 

Syagrus - Arecastrum Becc. Arikuryroba Barb. Arikuyroba' Barb. Barbosa Becc. Chrysallidosperma H. Langsdorffia Raddi Platenia H. Rhyticocos Becc.

 

Tectiphiala - Tectiphiala ferox, or Palmiste Bouglé, is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Thrinax - Porothrinax H.

 

Trachycarpus - Trachycarpus is a genus of ten species of palms native to Asia, from the Himalaya east to eastern China.

 

Trithrinax - Trithrinax is a genus of few flowering plants in the Arecaceae family, that belong to the Coryphoideae subfamily, a not very evolved lineage.

Veitchia - It contains the following species:

Verschaffeltia - Verschaffeltia splendida is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Voanioala - Voanioala gerardii, commonly known as the Forest Coconut, is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

 

Wallichia - Wallichia is a genus of seven species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.

Washingtonia - They are fan palms , with the leaves with a bare petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets.

 

Wettinia - Acrostigma O. Catoblastus H. Catostigma O. Wettinella O. Wettiniicarpus Burret

Wodyetia - The Palm and Cycads Societies of Australia describes this Palm as follows: