List of Arecaceae genera - Definition and Overview

This is a list of all the genera in the botanical family Arecaceae, the palm tree family, arranged by tribes within the family.

Alexander Palm (Archontophoenix alexandrae)

Alexander Palm (Archontophoenix alexandrae) - fruit

Tribe Areceae

• Acanthophoenix
• Acrista
• Acrostigma
• Actinokentia
• Actinophloeus
• Actinorhytis
• Adelodypsis
• Adelonenga
• Aeria
• Antongilia
• Archontophoenix
• Areca - Betel nut palm
• Arenga
• Asterogyne
• Bacularia
• Balaka
• Barkerwebbia
• Barselinia
• Bentinckia
• Bentinckiopsis
• Brongniartikentia
• Calyptrocalyx
• Calyptrogyne
• Campecarpus
• Caryota
• Catis
• Catoblastus
• Ceroxylon
• Chamedorea
• Clinosperma
• Clinostigma
• Cyclospathe
• Cyphokentia
• Cyphophoenix
• Cyphosperma
• Cyrtostachys
• Denea
• Dictyocaryum
• Dictyosperma
• Didymosperma
• Dolickokentia
• Drymophloeus
• Dypsidium
• Dypsis
• Euterpe
• Exorrhiza
• Gaussis
• Geonoma
• Gronophyllum
• Gulubia
• Gulubiopsis
• Haplodypsis
• Haplophloga
• Hedyscepe
• Heterospatha
• Howea - Kentia palm
• Hydriastele
• Hyophorbe
• Hyospathe
• Iguanura
• Iriartea
• Iriartella
• Jessenia
• Juania
• Kalbreyera
• Kentiopsis
• Kinetostigma
• Leopoldinia
• Leptophoenix
• Linoma
• Linospadix
• Louvelia
• Loxococcus
• Macrophloga
• Malortiea
• Manicaria
• Mischophloeus
• Nenga
• Nengella
• Neodypsis
• Neonicholsonia
• Neophloga
• Neoveitchia
• Nephrosperma
• Oenocarpus
• Oncosperma
• Opsiandra
• Orania
• Oreodoxa
• Phloga
• Phlogella
• Physokentia
• Pinanga
• Plectis
• Podococcus
• Ponapea
• Prestoea
• Pseudophoenix
• Ptychandra
• Ptychococcus
• Ptychoraphis
• Ptychosperma
• Reinhardtia
• Rhopaloblaste
• Rhopalostylis
• Rhynchocarpa
• Roscheria
• Roystonea - Royal palm
• Sclerosperma
• Siphokentia
• Socratea
• Solfia
• Sommiera
• Stevensonia
• Synechanthus
• Taenianthera
• Trichodypsis
• Veitchia
• Verschaffeltia
• Vonitra
• Wallichia
• Welfia
• Wendlandiella
• Wettenia
• Wettinella
• Wettiniicarpus

Tribe Borasseae

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

Tribe Calameae

• Ancistrophyllum
• Calamus
• Calospatha
• Ceratolobus
• Daemonorops
• Eremospatha
• Eugeissonia
• Korthalsia
• Metroxylon
• Myrialepis
• Oncocalamus
• Pigafetta
• Plectocomia
• Plectomiopsis
• Raphia
• Zalacca
• Zalacella

Tribe Cocoineae

• Acanthococos
• Acrocomia
• Arecastrum
• Arikury
• Arikuryroba
• Astrocaryum
• Attalea
• Bactris
• Barbosa
• Butia
• Cocops
• Cocos - Coconut
• Curima
• Desmoncus
• Diplothemium
• Elaeis - Oil palm
• Jubaea
• Jubaeopsis
• Martinezia
• Maximiliana
• Nephrocarpus
• Orbignya
• Parajubaea
• Pindarea
• Polyandrococos
• Rhyticocos
• Scheelea
• Tilmia

Tribe Corypheae

• Acanthorhiza
• Acanthosabal
• Acoelorhaphe
• Brahea
• Chamerops
• Chelyocarpus
• Coccothrinax
• Colpothrinax
• Copernicia - Carnuba wax palm
• Corypha
• Crysophila
• Dammera
• Erythea
• Glaucothea
• Hemithrinax
• Inodes
• Licuala
• Livistona
• Nannorhops
• Neowashingtonia
• Paurotis
• Pelagodoxa
• Pholidocarpus
• Pritchardia
• Pritchardiopsis
• Rhapidophyllum
• Rhapis
• Sabal - Palmetto
• Serenoa
• Styloma
• Tessmaniophoenix
• Teysmannia
• Thrinax
• Thrincoma
• Thringis
• Trachycarpus
• Trithrinax
• Washingtonia

Tribe Lepidocaryeae

• Lepidocaryum
• Mauritia

Tribe Phoeniceae

• Chamaephoenix
• Phoenix - Date palms

Tribe Phytelephantineae

• Ammandra
• Nipa
• Palandra
• Phytelephas
• Yarina