Overview
Taxonomy
The Tribe Chamaedoreeae is a member of the Subfamily Arecoideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Chamaedoreeae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
(Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum: Angiospermae
Auct.
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subclass: Arecidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder: Arecanae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Order: Arecales
Bromhead, 1840
- Family: Palmae
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily: Arecoideae
- Tribe: Chamaedoreeae
- Subfamily: Arecoideae
- Family: Palmae
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Order: Arecales
Bromhead, 1840
- Superorder: Arecanae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Subclass: Arecidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Infraphylum: Angiospermae
Auct.
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
(Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
The Tribe Chamaedoreeae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (2): Chamaedorea · Hyophorbe
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 226 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Tribe Chamaedoreeae.
Genera
Chamaedorea
Chamaedorea is a genus of 107 species of palms, native to subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas.. The name is derived from the Greek words ?a?a? (chamai), meaning "on the ground," and d??e? (dorea), meaning "gift." It refers to the easily reached fruits or the plants' low-growing nature. [more]
Hyophorbe
Hyophorbe is a genus of about five species of in the Arecaceae family, native to the Mascarene Islands. It contains the following species: [more]
At least 9 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Hyophorbe.
More info about the Genus Hyophorbe may be found here.
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