Arecaceae

Genera 186 Accepted species 2,560 Documented here 297 Coverage 12%

We document 297 of the 2,560 accepted species in Arecaceae. The rest are listed, with their authorities and their identifiers, inside their genus. They have no page of their own because we could not find three openly licensed photographs of them, and a page without evidence is not a page we are willing to publish.

Genera we document 102 of 186

GenusDocumentedAccepted species
Chamaedorea 14 106
Calamus 11 434
Geonoma 11 68
Phoenix 11 16
Astrocaryum 10 39
Dypsis 10 108
Livistona 10 28
Bactris 9 82
Syagrus 9 81
Ceroxylon 8 13
Chrysalidocarpus 8 59
Coccothrinax 7 63
Sabal 7 18
Attalea 6 41
Brahea 6 11
Butia 6 25
Archontophoenix 5 6
Arenga 5 24
Caryota 5 15
Hyphaene 5 8
Ravenea 5 23
Aiphanes 4 37
Licuala 4 151
Acrocomia 3 8
Allagoptera 3 6
Areca 3 45
Copernicia 3 29
Cryosophila 3 10
Euterpe 3 7
Linospadix 3 6
Oenocarpus 3 10
Pritchardia 3 29
Pseudophoenix 3 4
Reinhardtia 3 6
Rhopalostylis 3 3
Roystonea 3 10
Wettinia 3 22
Borassus 2 5
Corypha 2 5
Desmoncus 2 24
Elaeis 2 2
Howea 2 2
Marojejya 2 2
Phytelephas 2 4
Pinanga 2 146
Prestoea 2 10
Ptychosperma 2 24
Raphia 2 22
Socratea 2 5
Synechanthus 2 3
Vonitra 2 10
Acanthophoenix 1 3
Acoelorraphe 1 1
Adonidia 1 2
Aphandra 1 1
Beccariophoenix 1 3
Bentinckia 1 2
Bismarckia 1 1
Campecarpus 1 1
Chamaerops 1 1
Cocos 1 1
Deckenia 1 1
Dictyocaryum 1 3
Eleiodoxa 1 1
Eugeissona 1 7
Hedyscepe 1 1
Hydriastele 1 39
Hyophorbe 1 5
Hyospathe 1 6
Iriartea 1 1
Jubaea 1 1
Jubaeopsis 1 1
Kerriodoxa 1 1
Laccospadix 1 1
Latania 1 3
Lepidocaryum 1 1
Lepidorrhachis 1 1
Leucothrinax 1 1
Lodoicea 1 1
Manicaria 1 2
Masoala 1 3
Mauritia 1 2
Mauritiella 1 5
Metroxylon 1 5
Neonicholsonia 1 1
Normanbya 1 1
Nypa 1 1
Oncosperma 1 5
Orania 1 30
Parajubaea 1 3
Rhapidophyllum 1 1
Rhapis 1 11
Satranala 1 1
Serenoa 1 1
Thrinax 1 4
Trachycarpus 1 10
Trithrinax 1 3
Veitchia 1 11
Verschaffeltia 1 1
Voanioala 1 1
Washingtonia 1 1
Welfia 1 2

Genera we do not yet document 84 genera

Real genera, accepted by World Flora Online, for which we have not yet found three commercially licensed photographs of any species. They are listed rather than hidden.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Family circumscription, accepted names, authorities. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.