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Palmae
Dransfield, J. (1986) Palmae Flora of Tropical East Africa
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, usually very large and in terminal rosettes, with a sheathing base; petiole or rhachis often prickly; lamina pinnate or costapalmate. Plants dioecious (in ours). Inflorescences axillary, simple to paniculate. Flowers usually small, unisexual or bisexual. Calyx and corolla usually in whorls of 3. Fruit usually a drupe; seed usually 1. Worldwide: 201 genera and 2,650 species, tropical (but few in Africa) and warm. Zimbabwe: 25 cultivated genera and 35 cultivated taxa. |
No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species |
| Genus | Content |
| Acoelorrhaphe H. Wendl. | |
| Archontophoenix H.A. Wendl. | Description |
| Bismarckia Hildebr. & H. Wendl. | |
| Borassus L. | Description |
| Butia (Becc.) Becc. | |
| Caryota L. | Description |
| Chamaedorea Willd. | Description |
| Chamaerops L. | Description |
| Cocos L. | Description |
| Dictyosperma H. Wendl. & Drude | |
| Dypsis Mart. | Description |
| Elaeis Jacq. | Description |
| Howea Becc. | |
| Hyophorbe Gaertn. | Description |
| Livistona R. Br. | Description |
| Lytocaryum Toledo | Description |
| Phoenix L. | Description |
| Ptychosperma Labill. | Description |
| Rhapis L.f. ex Aiton | Description |
| Roystonea O.F. Cook | Description |
| Sabal Adans. | Description |
| Syagrus Mart. | Description |
| Trachycarpus H.A. Wendl. | |
| Washingtonia H.A. Wendl. | Description |
| Wodyetia A.K. Irvine |
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