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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: 28 cultivated genera and 47 cultivated taxa. |
No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species |
Genus | Content |
Acoelorrhaphe H. Wendl. | |
Aiphanes Willd. | |
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 |
Latania Comm. ex Juss. | |
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. | |
Wallichia Roxb. | |
Washingtonia H.A. Wendl. | Description |
Wodyetia A.K. Irvine |
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