Arecaceae
Aiphanes minima (Gaertn.) Burret
Aiphanes minima (Gaertn.) Burret
Aiphanes minima is a spiny Caribbean palm, used ornamentally, with edible coconut-flavored seed endosperm.
Desmoncus orthacanthos Mart.
Desmoncus orthacanthos Mart.
Desmoncus orthacanthos is a spiny climbing South American palm whose stems are used for basket weaving.
Acrocomia intumescens Drude
Acrocomia intumescens Drude
Acrocomia intumescens Drude is a Brazilian palm with a swollen middle stem, used for afforestation, construction, and its edible fruit mesocarp.
Acrocomia totai Mart.
Acrocomia totai Mart.
Acrocomia totai Mart. is a spiny pinnate-leaved palm species, part of a genus being developed as an alternative multipurpose crop.
Attalea phalerata Mart. ex Spreng.
Attalea phalerata Mart. ex Spreng.
Attalea phalerata, the motacú palm, is an ecologically and economically important South American palm with a range of uses for humans.
Attalea cohune Mart.
Attalea cohune Mart.
Attalea cohune, the cohune palm, is a Central American and Mexican palm used for cohune oil and vegetable ivory.
Attalea maripa (Aubl.) Mart.
Attalea maripa (Aubl.) Mart.
Attalea maripa is a large neotropical palm that produces fruit consumed by many mammals, and is used by local human communities for multiple purposes.
Attalea speciosa Mart.
Attalea speciosa Mart.
Attalea speciosa (babassu palm) is a commercially useful South American palm native to the Amazon region.
Syagrus cearensis Noblick
Syagrus cearensis Noblick
Syagrus cearensis is a clumping Brazilian endemic palm with sweet yellow-fleshed fruit sold in local street markets.
Syagrus coronata (Mart.) Becc.
Syagrus coronata (Mart.) Becc.
Syagrus coronata is a palm that grows 3–12 m tall and is the source of ouricury wax.
Parajubaea cocoides Burret
Parajubaea cocoides Burret
Parajubaea cocoides Burret is an Andean ornamental edible-seeded palm known mostly from cultivation.
Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc.
Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc.
Butia capitata is a native Brazilian palm whose edible fruits are harvested for food and oil.
Butia yatay (Mart.) Becc.
Butia yatay (Mart.) Becc.
Butia yatay is a slow-growing solitary South American palm that grows in rocky sandy pampa savannah habitats.
Butia odorata (Barb.Rodr.) Noblick
Butia odorata (Barb.Rodr.) Noblick
Butia odorata is a slow-growing palm native to coastal southern Brazil and Uruguay, cultivated for its edible fruit.
Butia catarinensis Noblick & Lorenzi
Butia catarinensis Noblick & Lorenzi
Butia catarinensis is a solitary-trunked palm native to coastal southern Brazil, with edible collected fruit.
Allagoptera arenaria (Gomes) Kuntze
Allagoptera arenaria (Gomes) Kuntze
Allagoptera arenaria, or seashore palm, is a small Brazilian coastal palm cultivated ornamentally and for edible uses in South America.
Elaeis guineensis Jacq.
Elaeis guineensis Jacq.
Elaeis guineensis is a single-stemmed oil palm, almost entirely pollinated by the insect Elaeidobius kamerunicus.
Elaeis oleifera (Kunth) Cortés
Elaeis oleifera (Kunth) Cortés
Elaeis oleifera, the American oil palm, is a Central and South American palm rarely grown commercially for oil on its own.
Geonoma undata Klotzsch
Geonoma undata Klotzsch
Geonoma undata is a medium solitary palm native to the Americas, used for food, construction, and landscaping.
Iriartea deltoidea Ruiz & Pav.
Iriartea deltoidea Ruiz & Pav.
Iriartea deltoidea is a large South American canopy palm with distinct trunk and root features, valued for its edible fruit and prized timber.
Dictyocaryum lamarckianum (Mart.) H.Wendl.
Dictyocaryum lamarckianum (Mart.) H.Wendl.
Dictyocaryum lamarckianum is a flowering palm species found in Panama and South America.
Cyrtostachys renda Blume
Cyrtostachys renda Blume
Cyrtostachys renda (lipstick palm) is a distinctive red-crowned clustering palm cultivated for ornamental landscaping.
Wodyetia bifurcata A.K.Irvine
Wodyetia bifurcata A.K.Irvine
Wodyetia bifurcata, the foxtail palm, is a bushy monoecious palm endemic to remote northern Queensland, Australia.
Ptychosperma elegans (R.Br.) Blume
Ptychosperma elegans (R.Br.) Blume
Ptychosperma elegans is an Australian endemic palm commonly cultivated as an ornamental in warm regions globally.
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