Family: Arecaceae  Bercht. & J. Presl, nom. cons.

Family number: 95. Last updated: 13-Apr-2007.
Alternate name: Palmae
Number of accepted genera: 189.
Type genus: Areca L.
Comment: monocot family.

Complete list of genera

Check other databases for:

• Arecaceae fruit/seed descriptions and images (U.S. National Seed Herbarium)
• Other Arecaceae data links (Flowering Plant Gateway)
  
• Higher level classification information (Flowering Plant Gateway)
  
• Higher level classification information (Steven's Angiosperm Phylogeny Website)
  
• Reveal's concordance of Arecaceae with other family classifications (University of Maryland)
  
• Arecaceae genera from Brummitt's Vascular Plant Families and Genera (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
  

References for family:

• There are no references for this family in GRIN.

Check other bibliographic databases:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Note: Log on to KBD for better access.

Synonyms for family:

• Acristaceae O. F. Cook
• Borassaceae Schultz Sch.
• Caryotaceae O. F. Cook, nom. nud.
• Ceroxylaceae Vines
• Chamaedoreaceae O. F. Cook
• Coryphaceae Schultz Sch.
• Geonomataceae O. F. Cook
• Iriarteaceae O. F. Cook & Doyle
• Lepidocaryaceae Mart.
• Malortieaceae O. F. Cook
• Manicariaceae O. F. Cook
• Nypaceae Brongn. ex Le Maout & Decne.
• Palmae Juss., nom. cons.
• Phoenicaceae Burnett
• Phytelephantaceae Mart. ex Perleb
• Pseudophoenicaceae O. F. Cook
• Sabalaceae Schultz Sch.
• Sagaceae Schultz Sch.
• Synechanthaceae O. F. Cook

Subfamilies and tribes for Arecaceae:

Images:

• Disseminule drawings (Copernicia alba): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Disseminule drawings (Sabal mexicana): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing (Copernicia alba): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing (Sabal mexicana): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Forestry Images (Cocos nucifera): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Elaeis guineensis): from www.forestryimages.org
• Fruit (Attalea speciosa): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruit (Caryota mitis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruit (Chamaedorea costaricana): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruit (Geonoma binervia): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruit (Johannesteijsmannia altifrons): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruit (Nypa fruticans): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruit (Pritchardia pacifica): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruit (Roystonea regia): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruit (Sabal minor): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruit (Sabal minor): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruit and seed (Archontophoenix alexandrae): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruit and seed (Eremospatha hookeri): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruit and seed (Livistona chinensis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruit and seed (Phytelephas macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Attalea eichleri): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Chamaedorea costaricana): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Geonoma binervia): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Phoenix canariensis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Phoenix reclinata): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Pritchardia pacifica): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Sabal minor): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Sabal palmetto): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Washingtonia filifera): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Washingtonia robusta): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds (Phoenix dactylifera): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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