The palm family, Arecaceae, is primarily a tropical family of tree, shrub, and vining monocotyledonous plants, remarkable for the size that many attain without secondary growth (the ability to regenerate vascular tissue in their stems as is present in...

Arecaceae or Palmae (also known by the name Palmaceae, which is taxonomically invalid[1]), the palm family, is a family of flowering plants belonging to the monocot order, Arecales. There are roughly 202 currently known genera with around 2600 species,...

Summary. Sommieria Becc. (Arecaceae: Arecoideae: Areceae: Iguanurinae) is considered to comprise a single species, S. leucophylla Becc. Sommieria elegans Becc. and S. affinis Becc. are treated as synonyms. The taxonomic history, morphology, distribution, ecology and natural history, uses and conservation status are discussed. ...

Summary. As a result of recent molecular systematic research, generic delimitation within a clade of four palm genera in subtribe Arecinae (Arecaceae: Arecoideae: Areceae) is reappraised. Due to the polyphyly of Gulubia and Gronophyllum, and the position of Siphokentia and Hydriastele within the clade,...