Arecaceae - Wikipedia
The Arecaceae (/ ˌ ær ə ˈ k eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /) is a family of perennial, flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers , shrubs , tree -like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms .
Arecales | Plant Order, Characteristics & Uses | Britannica
Arecales, order of flowering plants that contains only one family, Arecaceae (also known as Palmae), which comprises the palms. Nearly 2,400 species in 189 genera are known. The order includes some of the most important plants in terms of economic value.
Arecaceae: The Majestic Family of Palms - ResearchGate
2014年9月25日 · The Arecaceae is a monotypic family in the order Arecales. The family contains several commercially important species such as coconuts, area nuts and date palms, as well...
palms (Family Arecaceae) · iNaturalist
The Arecaceae are a botanical family of perennial climbers, shrubs, acaules and trees commonly known as palm trees (owing to historical usage, the family is alternatively called Palmae). They …
Palm | Identification, Planting & Maintenance | Britannica
2024年11月7日 · Palm, any member of the Arecaceae, or Palmae, the single family of monocotyledonous flowering plants of the order Arecales. The great centres of palm distribution are in America and in Asia from India to Japan and south to Australia and the islands of the Pacific and Indian oceans, with Africa and
Arecaceae: Characters, Distribution and Types - Biology …
Common plants of the family: 1. Areca catechu (H. Supari; Betelnut palm): Graceful single stemmed palm. 2. Caryota urens (Fish-tail palm): Toddy is tapped from its stem. 3. Corypha umbraculifera (Talipot palm): Planted in gardens. 4. Cocos nucifera (H. Nariyal): a tall palm, widespread along sea shore in tropics and sub-tropics. 5.
Arecaceae - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
The family Arecaceae is a large group comprising approximately 2500 arboreal species to be found throughout equatorial, tropical, and subtropical areas of the world where they feature as a very peculiar element of the landscape. The main geographical areas having played the role of differentiation centers are Africa's equatorial coasts, the ...
Geographical ecology of the palms (Arecaceae): determinants of ...
With >2400 species (Govaerts and Dransfield, 2005), palms exhibit an amazing geographic variation in species richness, phylogenetic composition and life forms. At a global scale, the palm family and its five subfamilies show distinct spatial patterns of species richness (Fig. 1).
A plastid phylogenomic framework for the palm family (Arecaceae)
2023年3月8日 · The palms, Arecaceae, are a large family with ca. 181 genera and 2600 species and are important components of tropical rainforests bearing great cultural and economic significance. Taxonomy and phylogeny of the family have been extensively investigated by a series of molecular phylogenetic studies in the last two decades.
Arecaceae - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
The Arecaceae have distributions mostly in warm, tropical regions and are often ecologically important where they occur. The family has recently been classified into five subfamilies: Calamoideae, Nypoideae, Coryphoideae, Ceroxyloideae, and Arecoideae (Asmussen et al. 2006).