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]
It contains three genera:
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]
It contains three genera: