List of Arecaceae genera

This is a list of all the genera in the botanical family Arecaceae, the palm tree family, arranged by tribes within the family. The following classification was proposed by N.W. Uhl and J. Dransfield in 1987 in Genera palmarum: a classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore, Jr.

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Subfamily Arecoideae

Tribe Areceae

• Acanthophoenix
• Acoelorraphe
• Acrista
• Acrostigma
• Actinokentia
• Actinophloeus
• Actinorhytis
• Adelodypsis
• Adelonenga
• Aeria
• Alloschmidia
• Alsmithia
• Antongilia
• Archontophoenix
• Areca - Betel nut palm
• Bacularia
• Balaka
• Barkerwebbia
• Basselinia
• Bentinckia
• Bentinckiopsis
• Brassiophoenix
• Brongniartikentia
• Burretiokentia
• Calyptrocalyx
• Campecarpus
• Carpentaria
• Carpoxylon
• Catis
• Catoblastus
• Chambeyronia
• Clinosperma
• Clinostigma
• Colpothrinax
• Cyclospathe
• Cyphokentia
• Cyphophoenix
• Cyphosperma
• Cyrtostachys
• Deckenia
• Dictyosperma
• Didymosperma
• Dransfieldia
• Drymophloeus
• Dypsidium
• Dypsis
• Euterpe
• Exorrhiza
• Goniocladus
• Gronophyllum
• Gulubia
• Gulubiopsis
• Halmoorea
• Haplodypsis
• Haplophloga
• Hedyscepe
• Heterospathe
• Howea - Kentia palm
• Hydriastele
• Hyospathe
• Iguanura
• Jessenia
• Kalbreyera
• Kentiopsis
• Kinetostigma
• Laccospadix
• Lavoixia
• Leopoldinia
• Lepidorrhachis
• Leptophoenix
• Linoma
• Linospadix
• Loxococcus
• Mackeea
• Macrophloga
• Malortiea
• Manicaria
• Marojejya
• Masoala
• Mischophloeus
• Moratia
• Nenga
• Nengella
• Neodypsis
• Neonicholsonia
• Neophloga
• Neoveitchia
• Nephrosperma
• Normanbya
• Oenocarpus
• Oncosperma
• Opsiandra
• Orania
• Oreodoxa
• Pelagodoxa
• Phoenicophorium
• Phloga
• Phlogella
• Physokentia
• Pinanga
• Plectis
• Ponapea
• Prestoea (syn. Martinezia)
• Ptychandra
• Ptychococcus
• Ptychoraphis
• Ptychosperma
• Reinhardtia
• Rhopaloblaste
• Rhopalostylis
• Rhynchocarpa
• Roscheria
• Roystonea - Royal palm
• Satakentia
• Sclerosperma
• Siphokentia
• Solfia
• Sommiera
• Stevensonia
• Taenianthera
• Tectiphiala
• Trichodypsis
• Veillonia
• Veitchia
• Verschaffeltia
• Vonitra
• Wettinella
• Wettiniicarpus
• Wodyetia

Tribe Caryoteae

• Arenga
• Caryota
• Wallichia

Tribe Cocoeae

• Acanthococos
• Acrocomia
• Aiphanes
• Allagoptera
• Arecastrum
• Arikury
• Arikuryroba
• Astrocaryum
• Attalea
• Bactris
• Barbosa
• Barcella
• Beccariophoenix
• Butia
• Cocops
• Cocos - Coconut
• Curima
• Desmoncus
• Diplothemium
• Elaeis - Oil palm
• Gastrococos
• Jubaea - Chilean wine palm
• Jubaeopsis
• Lytocaryum
• Maximiliana
• Nephrocarpus
• Orbignya
• Parajubaea
• Paschalococos - Easter Island palm
• Pindarea
• Polyandrococos
• Rhyticocos
• Scheelea
• Syagrus
• Tilmia

Tribe Geonomeae

• Asterogyne
• Calyptrogyne
• Calyptronoma
• Geonoma
• Pholidostachys
• Welfia

Tribe Iriarteae

• Dictyocaryum
• Iriartea
• Iriartella
• Socratea
• Wettinia

Tribe Podococceae

• Podococcus

Subfamily Ceroxyloideae

Tribe Cyclospaeae

• Pseudophoenix

Tribe Ceroxyleae

• Ceroxylon
• Juania
• Louvelia
• Oraniopsis
• Ravenea

Tribe Hyophorbeae

• Chamaedorea
• Gaussia
• Hyophorbe
• Synechanthus
• Wendlandiella

Subfamily Calamoideae

Tribe Calameae

• Calamus
• Calospatha
• Ceratolobus
• Daemonorops
• Eleiodoxa
• Eremospatha
• Eugeissonia
• Korthalsia
• Laccosperma
• Metroxylon
• Myrialepis
• Oncocalamus
• Pigafetta
• Plectocomia
• Plectocomiopsis
• Pogonotium
• Raphia - Raffia palm
• Retispatha
• Salacca

Tribe Lepidocaryeae

• Lepidocaryum
• Mauritia
• Mauritiella

Subfamily Coryphoideae

Tribe Borasseae

• Bismarckia
• Borassodendron
• Borassus
• Hyphaene (including the doum palm)
• Latania
• Medemia
• Lodoicea

Tribe Corypheae

• Acoelorrhaphe
• Brahea
• Chamaerops
• Chelyocarpus
• Chuniophoenix
• Coccothrinax
• Colpothrinax
• Copernicia - Carnauba wax palm
• Corypha
• Cryosophila
• Guihaia
• Hemithrinax
• Itaya
• Johannesteijsmannia
• Kerriodoxa
• Licuala
• Livistona
• Maxburretia
• Nannorrhops
• Pholidocarpus
• Pritchardia
• Pritchardiopsis
• Rhapidophyllum - Needle Palm
• Rhapis
• Sabal - Palmetto
• Schippia'
• Serenoa - Saw Palmetto
• Thrinax
• Trachycarpus
• Trithrinax
• Washingtonia
• Zombia

Tribe Phoeniceae

• Phoenix - Date palms

Subfamily Nyphoideae

• Nypa

Subfamily Phytelephantoideae

• Ammandra
• Palandra
• Phytelephas