Botanical family · Arecales
Arecaceae
Palm family
81 species in this family
The palm family — iconic monocots of tropical and subtropical regions. Palms are unbranched or rarely branched trees with a crown of large pinnate or palmate leaves. They provide coconut, dates, palm oil, rattan, and thatch, making them among the most economically important plants.
- Trunk with leaf scar rings
- Large pinnate or palmate fronds
- Drupes, berries, or nuts as fruit
Species in ARECACEAE
- Calappa PalmActinorhytis calapparia
- Manila Palm, Christmas PalmAdonidia merrillii
- Coyure Palm, Ruffle PalmAiphanes horrida
- Alexander PalmArchontophoenix alexandrae f. v
- Beetle nut Palm, Areca nut Palm, Areca palm, PinangAreca catechu
- highland betel-nut palmAreca macrocalyx
- Triandra PalmAreca triandra
- See siam, Hooker's Fishtail PalmArenga caudata
- Formosa Palm, Taiwan Sugar PalmArenga engleri
- Wight's Sago Palm, Wild CoconutArenga wightii
- Cohuene Palm, American Oil PalmAttalea cohune
- Prickly Palm, KawmakaBactris major
- Bismarck PalmBismarckia nobilis
- Palmyra Palm, Thoddy PalmBorassus flabellifer
- Slender Rattan CaneCalamus pseudotenuis
- Common Rattan, RattanCalamus rotang
- Rattan CaneCalamus thwaitesii var. thwaitesii
- Osier-Like Rattan PalmCalamus viminalis
- Carpentaria PalmCarpentaria acuminata
- Clustered Fish-Tail PalmCaryota mitis
- Fish-Tail Palm, Solitary Toddy Palm, Indian sago palm, Jaggery palm, KittulCaryota urens
- Parlour PalmChamaedorea elegans
- Metallic PalmChamaedorea metallica
- Bamboo Palm, Reed PalmChamaedorea seifrizii
- Areca PalmChrysalidocarpus lutescens
- Coconut PalmCocos nucifera
- Talipot PalmCorypha umbraculifera
- Gebang PalmCorypha utan
- Red Sealing-wax Palm, Lipstick palm, Red palm, Sealing wax palmCyrtostachys renda
- Hurricane Palm, Princess PalmDictyosperma album
- Triangle PalmDypsis decaryi
- Teddy Bear PalmDypsis leptocheilos
- Bamboo Palm, Golden Cane Palm, Yellow palm, Yellow Areca PalmDypsis lutescens
- Oil Palm, African Oil palm, JacquinElaeis guineensis
- Sagisa PalmHeterospathe elata
- Bottle PalmHyophorbe lagenicaulis
- Spindle PalmHyophorbe verschaffeltii
- Blue Latan PalmLatania loddigesii
- Red Latan PalmLatania lontaroides
- Raffled Fan-PalmLicuala grandis
- Swamp Fan-Palm, Mangrove Fan PalmLicuala spinosa
- Chinese Fan-Palm, Chinese fountain palmLivistona chinensis
- Round-Leaf Fan-Palm, Table Palm, Foot Stool PalmLivistona rotundifolia
- Black PalmNormanbya normanbyi
- Mangrove PalmNypa fruticans
- Stevensonia PalmPhoenicophorium borsigianum
- Date PalmPhoenix dactylifera
- Spiny Date PalmPhoenix loureiroi
- Sanegal Date PalmPhoenix reclinata
- Pygmy Date PalmPhoenix roebelenii
- Wild Date Palm, Thoddy Palm, Date sugar palm, Indian date PalmPhoenix sylvestris
- Ivory crownshaft Palm, Wild Betel nutPinanga dicksonii
- Fiji Fan-PalmPritchardia pacifica
- Solitaire PalmPtychosperma elegans
- Mac Arthur PalmPtychosperma macarthurii
- Lady PalmRhapis excelsa
- Nicobar Majestic PalmRhopaloblaste augusta
- Cuban Royal Palm, Bottle palm, Royal palmRoystonea regia
- SalakSalacca zalacca
- footstool palmSaribus rotundifolius
- Queen PalmSyagrus romanzoffiana
- Arikury PalmSyagrus schizophylla
- Jamaican Thatch Palm, Mountain Thatch PalmThrinax parviflora
- Chusan PalmTrachycarpus fortunei
- California Fan PalmWashingtonia filifera
- Fox tail PalmWodyetia bifurcata
- Calamus dransfieldii
- Calamus guruba
- Calamus karnatakensis
- Calamus lacciferus
- Calamus lakshmanae
- Calamus metzianus
- Calamus nagbettai
- Calamus prasinus
- Calamus stoloniferus
- Calamus thwaitesii var. canaranus
- Calamus travancoricus
- Calamus vattayila
- Daemonorops kurziana
- Phoenix robusta
- Ptychosperma caryotoides
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