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ARECACEAE
(Palmae)
Acrocomia
Cuvieronius
Toxodon
Megatherium
Mammuthus
Glyptodon
palms
monocots
Current
Angiosperm
Phylogeny
Group Tree
for Flowering
Plants
Palms, like all commelinids, have silica bodies.
Diversity in the Palm Family
Diversity in the Palm Family
Diversity in the Palm Family
bract
Cocos nucifera leaves plaited
downward
Cocos nucifera staminate
inflorescence
DLN photo
bract
Geonoma - imperfect flowers
Damon Little photos
Calamus
Nypa - the
mangrove
palm
Nypa distribution, living (red) and fossil (blue)
Corypha
Ceroxylon
Ceroxylon quindiuense:
the tallest palm (and thus
tallest monocotyledon),
reaches 60 m (200 feet) in
height, and species
growing at the highest
altitude of the palm family
(Arecaceae), at more than
10,000 feet (3000 m) in
elevation.
Ceroxylpoideae distribution
includes Phytelephas: 8 genera total
arecoid palms in the understory
at Monteverde,
Costa Rica
Socratea - Amazonian
understory palm
Elaeis - the African oil
palm.
DLN photo
Açaí Palm
Euterpe oleracea
DLN photo
Phoenix canariensis
DLN photo
Asterogyne martiana
- palm as treelet
Saw Palmetto
(Serenoa repens)
sitosterol
sample steroid skeleton
sitosterols
Areca catechu - the
betel nut
ARECAL
ALKALOIDS
arecoline
GABA
(Gamma-aminobutyric acid)
arecaidine
guvacine
Arecaceae: Key characters
Plicate, compound leaves,
Leaf sheathes
Spathe
Drupes
Asmussen, C. B., Dransfield, J., Deickmann,
V., Barfod, A. S., PINTAUD, J. C., & Baker,
W. J. (2006). A new subfamily classification
of the palm family (Arecaceae): evidence
from plastid DNA phylogeny. Botanical
Journal of the Linnean Society, 151(1), 15-38.