| Caryoteae | |
|---|---|
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| Caryota gigas at the Huntington Library | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Coryphoideae |
| Tribe: | Caryoteae Scheff. |
| Type genus | |
| Caryota | |
| Genera | |
Caryoteae is a tribe in the palm family Arecaceae,[1][2] distributed across Southeast Asia, from southern India and Sri Lanka east to Vanuatu and northernmost Queensland, Australia. It was long considered a member of subfamily Arecoideae on the basis of its inflorescences, which resemble those of tribe Iriarteeae, and the flowers arranged in triads (two male flowers with a central female flower), which are common across Arecoideae.[3] However, phylogenetic studies based on DNA repeatedly link Caryoteae to subfamily Coryphoideae. Caryoteae do have leaves with induplicate folds, a feature found in most Coryphoid palms, but unlike most Coryphoideae, the leaves are pinnate (Arenga, Wallichia) or bipinnate (Caryota).[4][5] Phoenix is the only other Coryphoid genus with induplicate, pinnate leaves.[5]
Genera
It contains three genera:
Gallery
The bipinnate leaves of Caryota mitis
Caryota flowers are arranged in triads
Caryota urens flowers at anthesis
The fruits of Caryota mitis
Fruits of Arenga engleri.jpg.webp)
Arenga leaves are pinnate
Leaves of Arenga undulatifolia - note the praemorse margins.jpg.webp)
Young specimen of Arenga engleri
Wallichia disticha leaves are arranged in two ranks
The flowers of Wallichia oblongifolia
References
- ↑ Baker, William J.; Dransfield, John (2016). "Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 182 (2): 207–233. doi:10.1111/boj.12401.
- ↑ Dransfield, John; Uhl, Natalie W.; Asmussen, Conny B.; Baker, William J.; Harley, Madeline M.; Lewis, Carl E. (2008). Genera Palmarum: The Evolution and Classification of Palms. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-182-2.
- ↑ Uhl, Natalie W.; Dransfield, John (1987). Genera Palmarum: a classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore Jr. Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.: The L. H. Bailey Hortorium and the International Palm Society. ISBN 9780935868302.
- ↑ Dransfield, John; Uhl, Natalie W.; Asmussen, Conny B.; Baker, William J.; Harley, Madeline M.; Lewis, Carl E. (2005). "A new phylogenetic classification of the palm family, Arecaceae". Kew Bulletin. 60: 559–569 – via ResearchGate.
- 1 2 Dransfield, John; Uhl, Natalie W.; Asmussen, Conny B.; Baker, William J.; Harley, Madeline M.; Lewis, Carl E. (2014). Genera Palmarum: The Evolution and Classification of Palms. International Palm Society. ISBN 978-1842461822.
External links
Data related to Caryoteae at Wikispecies
