![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Buritis_em_Veredas.jpg/640px-Buritis_em_Veredas.jpg&w=640&q=50)
Lepidocaryeae
Tribe of palms / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lepidocaryeae is a tribe of plants in the family Arecaceae. Subtribes and genera in the tribe are:[1][2]
- Subtribe Ancistrophyllinae – Africa
- Oncocalamus – Central Africa
- Eremospatha – Africa
- Laccosperma – Africa
- Subtribe Raphiinae
- Raphia – Africa, Madagascar, parts of South America
- Subtribe Mauritiinae – northern South America
- Lepidocaryum – central Amazon basin
- Mauritia – northern South America
- Mauritiella – northern South America
Quick Facts Scientific classification ...
Lepidocaryeae | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Mauritia flexuosa captured in Brazil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Subfamily: | Calamoideae |
Tribe: | Lepidocaryeae |
Close