Biologybase: Palm Genera of the World

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

after Genera Palmarum

with links to a Checklist North American and Caribbean Palms
Please note that not all links to the North American genera are currently in. Hopefully all those here now work. They will be added as I fix the full list of North American and Caribbean Palms and get it online. Thank you for your patience.

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)
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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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