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Taxonomy
The Subfamily Calamoideae is a member of the Family Arecaceae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Calamoideae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class: Liliopsida
Scopoli, 1760 - Monocotyledons
- Subclass: Arecidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder: Arecanae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Order: Arecales
Bromhead, 1840
- Family: Arecaceae
(ar-ek-AY-see-ee)
Schultz-Schultzenstein, 1832
- Subfamily: Calamoideae
- Family: Arecaceae
(ar-ek-AY-see-ee)
Schultz-Schultzenstein, 1832
- Order: Arecales
Bromhead, 1840
- Superorder: Arecanae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Subclass: Arecidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Class: Liliopsida
Scopoli, 1760 - Monocotyledons
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866
The Subfamily Calamoideae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Tribe (2): Calameae · Lepidocaryeae
- Genus (8): Calamus · Eremospatha · Eugeissona · Lepidocaryum · Mauritia · Metroxylon · Raphia · Salacca
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 49 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Subfamily Calamoideae.
Genera
Calamus
A genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Eremospatha
Eugeissona
Lepidocaryum
Mauritia
Mauritia is a genus of which is native to northern South America. Mauritia flexuosa is widely distribution across northern South America, extending north to Trinidad, while the other M. carana is restricted to the Amazon region. [more]
Metroxylon
Metroxylon is a of monoecious flowering plants in the Arecaceae (palm) family, consisting of seven species. They are native to Western Samoa, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, the Moluccas, the Carolines and Fiji in a variety of habitats, and cultivated westward to Thailand and Malaya. [more]
Raphia
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[1] [more]
Salacca
Salacca is a genus of 20 species of native to tropical southeastern Asia. They are very short-stemmed palms, with leaves up to 6-8 m long. The leaves have a spiny petiole; in most species they are pinnate with numerous leaflets, but some species, notably S. magnifica, have undivided leaves. [more]
At least 28 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Salacca.
More info about the Genus Salacca may be found here.
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