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Arecaceae

Arecales - Arecaceae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Arecaceae von Berchtold and Presl
2011Arecaceae Jud
2016Arecaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumAngiospermae
subclassMonocotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderArecalesBromhead 1840
familyArecaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1820
familyArecaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1820

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Arecaceae von Berchtold and Presl 1820
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G. †Amesoneuron Goeppert 1852
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†Amesoneuron noeggerathiae Goeppert 1852
†Amesoneuron siwalicus Prasad 2006
G. Archontophoenix Wendland and Drude 1875
G. Caryota Linnaeus 1753 [fishtail palm]
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†Caryota siwalica Awasthi and Prasad 1990
Unr. Coryphoideae Burnett
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G. Chamaerops Linnaeus
G. Copernicia Mart
G. †Coryphoides Koch 1972
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†Coryphoides poulseni Koch 1972
G. †Flabellaria Sternberg 1821
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†Flabellaria raphifolia Sternberg 1821
G. Livistona RBr
G. Sabal Adanson 1763
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†Sabal bigbendense Manchester et al. 2010
†Sabal bracknellense Mai 1976
†Sabal grandisperma Reid and Chandler 1933
†Sabal grayana Brown 1962
†Sabal imperialis Brown 1962
†Sabal major Unger 1963
†Sabal miocenica Axelrod 1939
G. †Sabalites Saporta 1865
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†Sabalites californicus Lesquereux 1878
†Sabalites carolinensis Berry 1914
†Sabalites oxyrhachis Saporta 1865
†Sabalites powellii Read and Hickey 1972
†Sabalites suessionensis Fritel 1910
†Sabalites tibetensis Su and Zhou 2019
G. Serenoa Hook
G. †Trachycarpus Wendland
G. †Tuzsonia Andreanszky 1949
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†Tuzsonia hungarica Andreanszky 1949
G. †Echidiporites Muller et al. 1987
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†Echidiporites barbeitoensis Muller et al. 1987
G. Erythea Watson 1880
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†Erythea californica Axelrod 1939
G. †Friedemannia Collinson et al. 2012
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†Friedemannia messelensis Collinson et al. 2012
G. †Grimsdalea Germeraad et al. 1968
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†Grimsdalea magnaclavata Germeraad et al. 1968
G. †Iriartites Berry 1919
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†Iriartites restinensis Berry 1929
†Iriartites tumbezensis Berry 1919
G. †Luminidites Pocknall and Mildenhall 1984
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†Luminidites colombianensis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
G. †Mauritiidites van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
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†Mauritiidites crassibaculatus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
†Mauritiidites crassiexinus Du Chene et al. 1978
†Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
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†Mauritiidites franciscoi franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
†Mauritiidites franciscoi pachyexinatus Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
†Mauritiidites franciscoi minutus Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
†Mauritiidites lehmanii Salard-Cheboldaeff 1978
G. Nypa van Wurmb 1779
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†Nypa australis Pole and Macphail 1996
†Nypa burtini Brongniart 1828
Nypa fruticans Wumb 1781
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Invalid names: Amomum sheppyense Ettinghausen and Gardner 1879 [synonym], Amomum stenocarpum Ettingshausen 1879 [synonym], Apeibopsis gigantea Fraas 1867 [synonym], Burtinia cocoides Ettingshausen 1852 [synonym], Castellinia ambigua Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Castellinia compressa Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Castellinia elliptica Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Castellinia incurva Massalongo 1852 [synonym], Castellinia subrotunda Massalongo 1852 [synonym], Castellinia zignoana Massalongo 1852 [synonym], Fracastoria anguria Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria citriformis Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria citrullus Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria cucurbitina Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria gastrioides Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria gigantea Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria lagenaria Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria megapepo Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria melo Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria pomiformis Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria pyramidalis Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria pyriformis Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria rotunda Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria zignoana Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Nipa hindi Rode 1933 [synonym], Nipa pernambucensis Dolianiti 1955 [synonym], Nipa sahni Lakhaanpal 1952 [synonym], Nipadites acutus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites borneensis Kräusel 1923 [synonym], Nipadites bowerbankii Ettingshausen 1852 [synonym], Nipadites clavatus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites cordiformis Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites crassus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites ellipticus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites giganteus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites heberti Watelet 1866 [synonym], Nipadites lanceolatus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites parkinsonis Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites pruniformis Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites pyramidalis Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites semiteres Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites sickenbergeri Bonnet 1904 [synonym], Nipadites turgidus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites umbonatus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Palaeokeura cretaceum Miguel 1853 [synonym], Pandanocarpum oblongum Brongniart 1828 [synonym], Rubiaceocarpum markgrafi Kraeusel 1939 [synonym]
Invalid names: Nipadites Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Spinizonocolpites Muller 1968 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Nypaceae Le Maout and Decaisne 1868 [objective synonym]
G. Oraniopsis Dransfield et al. 1985
G. †Palmoxylon Schenk 1882
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†Palmoxylon blanfordi Schenk 1882
†Palmoxylon cellulosum Knowlton 1888
†Palmoxylon patagonicum Romero 1968
†Palmoxylon quenstedti Felix 1883
G. †Paloreodoxites Knowlton 1930
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G. †Racemonocolpites González-Guzmán 1967
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†Racemonocolpites facilis González-Guzmán 1967
†Racemonocolpites gombeensis Beilstein 1994
†Racemonocolpites hians Muller 1968
†Racemonocolpites racematus Van der Hammen 1954
†Racemonocolpites romanus González-Guzmán 1967
G. †Spinopalmoxylon Weyland et al. 1966
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G. Thrinax Linnaeus
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†Thrinax eocenica Berry 1914
G. †Victorisporis Belsky et al. 1965
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†Victorisporis roberti Belsky et al. 1965
Invalid names: Arecoideae [empty], Borassoideae [objective synonym], Cocosoideae [objective synonym], Lepidocaryoideae [objective synonym], Phoenicoideae [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available