#order_Palmales__Palmales coextensive with the family Palmae: palms
supertype: plant_order__plantorder the order of plants
member of: subclass_Arecidae
member: family_Palmae__Palmae__Palmaceae__family_Palmaceae__Arecaceae__family_Arecaceae__palm_family chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales
member: palm_tree__palm any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
member: genus_Acrocomia__Acrocomia Central and South American feather palms
member: coyol_palm__coyolpalm__coyol__Acrocomia_vinifera tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber
member: genus_Areca a monocotyledonous genus of palm trees
member: areca any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts
member: genus_Arenga__Arenga a genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees
member: sugar_palm__sugarpalm__gomuti__gomuti_palm__Arenga_pinnata Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago
member: genus_Attalea__Attalea unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America
member: piassava_palm__pissaba_palm__pissabapalm__Bahia_piassava__bahia_coquilla__bahiacoquilla__Attalea_funifera Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes
member: genus_Borassus__Borassus palmyra
member: palmyra_palm__palmyrapalm__palmyra__toddy_palm__toddypalm__wine_palm__lontar__longar_palm__Borassus_flabellifer tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving
member: genus_Calamus distinctive often spiny-stemmed palms found as climbers in tropical and subtropical forest
member: calamus.palm_tree__calamu any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes
member: genus_Caryota__Caryota fishtail palms
member: fishtail_palm attractive East Indian palm having distinctive bipinnate foliage
member: Ceroxylon__genus_ceroxylon__genusceroxylon wax palms
member: wax_palm__waxpalm__ceroxylonandicola__Ceroxylon_alpinum palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles
member: genus_Cocos__Cocos coconut palms
member: coconut_palm__coconutpalm__coco_palm__coco__cocoa_palm__cocoapalm__coconut_tree__coconuttree__cocosnucifera tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
member: genus_Copernicia__Copernicia slow-growing tropical fan palms
member: carnauba_palm__carnauba__wax_palm__waxpalm__coperniciaprunifera__Copernicia_cerifera Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
member: caranday__caranda__caranda_palm__carandapalm__wax_palm__waxpalm__coperniciaaustrali__Copernicia_alba South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax
member: genus_Corozo a monocotyledonous genus of tropical American palm trees
member: corozo_palm__corozo any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts
member: genus_Corypha__Corypha large fan palms of tropical Asia to Australia
member: gebang_palm__Corypha_utan__Corypha_gebanga large-leaved palm of Malay to Philippines and northern Australia; leaves used for thatching or plaiting into containers
member: talipot_palm__talipotpalm__talipot__Corypha_umbraculifera tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper
member: genus_Elaeis__Elaeis oil palms
member: oil_palm__oilpalm pinnate-leaved palms of the genus Elaeis having dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit and yielding high quality palm oils
member: genus_Euterpe__Euterpe a monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America
member: Euterpe_oleracea__cabbage_palm__cabbagepalm Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young
member: genus_Livistona__Livistona fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia
member: cabbage_tree__cabbagetree__cabbagepalm__livistonaaustrali Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
member: genus_Metroxylon__Metroxylon a genus of Malayan pinnate-leaved palm trees that flower and fruit once and then die
member: genus_Nipa__Nipa__Nypa__genus_Nypa monotypic genus of palms of Australasia
member: nipa_palm__Nipa_fruticans any creeping semiaquatic feather palm of the genus Nipa found in mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries; its sap is used for a liquor; leaves are used for thatch; fruit has edible seeds
member: genus_Orbignya__Orbignya palms of southern Mexico to northern South America: babassu palm
member: babassu_palm__babassupalm__babassu__coco_de_macao__Orbignya_phalerata__Orbignya_spesiosa__Orbignya_martiana tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
member: cohune_palm__Orbignya_cohune__cohune tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
member: genus_Phoenicophorium__Phoenicophorium latanier palm
member: latanier_palm__latanier fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region
member: genus_Phoenix__Phoenix a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa
member: genus_Phytelephas__Phytelephas small genus of South American feather palms
member: ivory_palm__ivorypalm__ivory-nut_palm__ivorynutpalm__ivory_plant__ivoryplant__Phytelephas_macrocarpa a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts
member: genus_Raffia__Raffia__Raphia__genus_Raphia feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes
member: raffia_palm__Raffia_farinifera__Raffia_ruffia a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks
member: genus_Rhapis__Rhapis genus of small clump-forming fan palms of China and Japan
member: lady_palm any of several small palms of the genus Rhapis; cultivated as houseplants
member: genus_Roystonea__Roystonea a monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms
member: royal_palm__royalpalm__Roystonea_regia tall feather palm of southern Florida and Cuba
member: cabbage_palm__cabbagepalm__roystoneaoleracea West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
member: genus_Sabal__Sabal American dwarf fan palms
member: cabbage_palmetto__cabbagepalmetto__cabbage_palm__cabbagepalm__sabalpalmetto low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds
member: genus_Serenoa__Serenoa one species: saw palmetto
member: saw_palmetto__sawpalmetto__scrub_palmetto__scrubpalmetto__Serenoa_repens small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United States
member: genus_Thrinax__Thrinax small to medium-sized fan palms
member: thatch_palm__thatch_tree__silver_thatch__broom_palm__broompalm__thrinaxparviflora small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmetto
member: key_palm__keypalm__silvertoppalmetto__silver_thatch__Thrinax_microcarpa__Thrinax_morrisii__Thrinax_keyensis small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba
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