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The Genera of the Palms of the World, Arecaceae (Palmae)

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Botany Index


after Genera Palmarum: A Classification of Palms Based on the Work of Harold E. Moore, Jr. (1987)

with links to a Checklist North American and Caribbean Palms
 


List format:

Recognized taxon (synonyms)

Order Princeps Endlicher
Family Palmae Jussieu/Arecaceae C. H. Schultz-Schultzenstein
 

Acanthophoenix
Acoelorraphe (Acanthosabal, Paurotis)
Acrocomia (Acanthococos)
Actinokentia
Actinorhytis
Aiphanes (Curima, Marara, Martinezia non Ruiz & Pavon, Tilmia)
Allagoptera (Diplothemium)
Alloschmidia
Alsmithia
Ammandra
Antongilia
Archontophoenix (Loroma)
Areca (Gigliolia, Mischophloeus, Pichisermollia)
Arenga (Blancoa, Didymosperma, Gomutus, Saguerus)
Asterogyne (Aristeyera)
Astrocaryum (Avoira, Hexopetion, Toxophoenix)
Attalea (Lithocarpos, Pindarea, Sarinia, Ynesa)
 

Bactris (Amylocarpus, Augustinea, Guilielma, Pyrenoglyphis, Yuyba)
Balaka
Barcella
Basselinia (Microkentia, Nephrocarpus)
Beccariophoenix
Bentinckia
Bismarckia
Borassodendron
Borassus (Lontarus)
Brahea (Erythea, Glaucothea)
Brassiophoenix
Brongniartikentia
Burretiokentia (Rhynchocarpa)
Butiav
 

Calamus (Cornera, Palmijuncus, Rotang, Rotanga, Schizospatha, Zalaccella)
Calospatha
Calyptrocalyx (Linospadix Becari ex J. D. Hooker, Paralinospadix)
Calyptrogyne
Calyptronoma (Cocops)
Campecarpus (Chamaeriphe, Chamaeriphes)
Carpentaria
Carpoxylon
Caryota (Schunda-Pana, Thuessinkia)
Catoblastus (Acrostigma, Catostigma)
Ceratolobus
Ceroxylon (Beethovenia, Klopstockia)
Chamaedorea (Collinia, Dasystachys, Eleutheropetalum, Kinetostigma, Kunthia, Morenia, Nunnezharia, Nunnezia, Spathoscaphe, Stachyophorbe, Stephanostachys)
Chamaerops
Chambeyronia
Chelyocarpus (Tessmanniodoxa, Tessmanniophoenix)
Chrysalidocarpus (Macrophloga, Phlogella)
Chuniophoenix
Cleophora
Clinosperma
Clinostigma (Bentinckiopsis, Clinostigmopsis, Exorrhiza)
Coccothrinax (Haitiella, Thrincoma, Thringis)
Cocos (Calappa, Coccus)
Colpothrinax
Copernicia (Arrudaria, Coryphomia)
Corypha (Codda_Pana, Gembanga, Taliera)
Cryosophila (Acanthorrhiza)
Cryosophila

Cyphokentia (Dolichokentia)
Cyphophoenix
Cyphosperma (Taveunia)
Cyrtostachys
 

Daemonorops
Deckenia
Desmoncus (Atitara)
Dictyocaryum (Dahlgrenia)
Dictyospermav (Dicrosperma, Linoma)
Diglossophyllum
Diodosperma
Drymophloeus Zippelius (Coeospadix, Rehderophoenix, Saguaster, Solfia)
Dypsis (Adelodypsis, Trichodypsis)
 

Elaeis (Alfonsia, Corozo)
Eleiodoxa
Eremospatha
Eugeissona
Euterpe Martius (Catis, Plectis, Rooseveltia)
 

Gaussia (Aeria, Opsiandra)
Geonoma (Gynestum, Kalbreyera, Taenianthera)
Goniocladus
Gronophyllum (Kentia, Leptophoenix, Nengella)
Guigaia
Gulubia (Gulubiopsis, Paragulubia)
 

Halmoorea
Hedyscepe
Heterospathe (Barkerwebbia, Ptychandra)
Howea (Denea, Grisebachia)
Hydriastele (Adelonenga)
Hyophorbe (Mascarena)
Hyospathe
Hyphaene (Cucifera, Doma, Douma)
 

Iguanura (Slackia)
Iriartea (Deckeria)
Iriartella (Cuatrecasea)
Itaya
 

Jessenia
Johannesteijsmannia (Teysmannia)
Juania
Jubaea (Micrococos, Molinaea)
Jubaeopsis
 

Kentiospsis
Kerriodoxa
Korthalsia (Calamosagus)
 

Laccospadix
Laccosperma (Ancistrophyllum, Neoancistrophyllum)
Latania (Cleophora)
Lavoixia
Leopoldinia
Lepidocaryum
Lepidorrhachis
Licuala (Dammera, Pericycla)
Linospadix H. A. Wendland (Bacularia)
Livistona (Saribus, Wissmannia)
Lodoicea
Louvelia
Loxococcus
Lytocaryum (Glaziova, Microcoelum)
 

Mackeea
Manicaria (Pilophora)
Marojejya
Masoala
Mauritia (Orophoma)
Mauritiella (Lepidococcus)
Maxburretia (Liberbaileya, Symphyogyne)
Maximiliana (Englerophoenix) (Markleya, an intergeneric hybrid between Maximiliana and Orbignya)vMedemia
Metroxylon (Coelococcus, Sagus)
Moratia
Myrialepis (Bejaudia)
 

Nannorrhops
Nenga
Neodypsis (Antongilia)
Neonicholsonia (Bisnicholsonia, Woodsonia)
Neophloga (Dypsidium, Haplodypsis, Haplophloga)
Neoveitchia
Nephrosperma
Normanbya
Nypa (Nipa)
 

Oenocarpus
Oncocalamus
Oncosperma (Keppleria)
Orania (Arausiaca, Macrocladus, Sindroa)
Oraniopsis
Orbignya (Parascheelea)
 

Palandra
Parajubaea
Pelagodoxa
Phloga
Phoenicophorium (Stevensonia)
Phoenix (Dachel, Elate, Palma, Zelonops)
Pholidocarpus
Pholidostachys
Physokentia (Goniosperma)
Phytelephas (Elephantusia, Yarina)
Pigafetta
Pinanga (Cladosperma, Ophiria, Pseudopinanga)
Plectocomia
Plectocomiopsis
Podococcus
Pogonotium
Polyandrococos
Prestoea (Acrista, Euterpe Beccari, Martinezia Ruiz & Pavon, Oreodoxa)
Pritchardia (Euprichardia, Styloma)
Pritchardiopsis
Pseudophoenix (Chamaephoenix, Cyclospathe, Sargentia)
PtychococcusPtychosperma (Actinophloeus, Drymophloeus Beccari, Ponapea,

Romanowia, Seaforthia, Strongylocaryum)
Raphia
Ravenea (Ranevea)
Reinhardtia (Malortiea)
Retispatha
Rhapidophyllum
Rhapia (Sagus)
Rhopaloblaste (Ptychoraphis)
Rhopalostylis (Eora)
Roscheria
Roystonea (Oreodoxa)
 

Sabal (Inodes)
Salacca (Lophospatha)
Satakentia
Scheelea
Schippia
Sclerosperma
Serenoa (Diglossophyllum)
Socratea (Metasocratea)
Sommieria
Syagrus (Arecastrum, Arikury, Arikuryrobav, Barbosa, Chrysallidosperma, Langsdorffia, Platenia, Rhyticocos)
Synechanthus (Rathea, Reineckea)Tectiphiala
 

Thrinax (Hemithrinax)
Trachycarpus
Trithrinax (Diodosperma)
 

Veillonia
Veitchia (Adonidia, ?Kajewskia, Vitiphoenix)
Verschaffeltiav (Regelia)
Vonitra
 

Wallichia (Asraoa, Harina, Wrightea)
Washingtonia (Neowashingtonia)
Welfia
Wendlandiella
Wettinia (Wettinella, Wettiniicarpus)
Wodyetia
 

Zombia (Oothrinax)

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