The Arecaceae (/ ˌ ær ə ˈ k eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /) is a family of perennial, flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers , shrubs , tree -like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms .

In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Characters of Arecaceae 2. Distribution of Arecaceae 3. Economic Importance 4. Affinities 5. Important Type.

Arecales, order of flowering plants that contains only one family, Arecaceae (also known as Palmae), which comprises the palms. Nearly 2,400 species in 189 genera are known. The order includes some of the most important plants in terms of economic value.

The Arecaceae are a botanical family of perennial climbers, shrubs, acaules and trees commonly known as palm trees (owing to historical usage, the family is alternatively called Palmae). They are flowering plants, a family in the monocot order Arecales.

ARECACEAE P. Acevedo-Rodríguez A tropical family with 182 genera and ~2,000 species of large to small, erect, prostrate or acaulescent palms, and less often scrambling lianas, commonly climbing through the aid of cirri or flagella. Climbing Arecaceae in the Old World are found in 11 genera, of which Calamus L. is

The Arecaceae include plants of enormous economic importance for human beings, amongst them the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) and the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera). Several species are employed in the production of vegetable fibers ( Sabal, Chamaerops, Trachycarpus, Borassus ).

This is a list of all the genera in the botanical family Arecaceae, the palm family, based on Baker & Dransfield (2016), [1] which is a revised listing of genera given in the 2008 edition of Genera Palmarum.

Description: Arecaceae have leaves that are simple, or pinnately or palmately compound, always with strongly parallel venation. They are trees or shrubs with unbranched trunks (sometimes acaulescent, i.e., stemless), and one (Desmoncus) is a liana.

Key to Arecaceae A family of about 181 genera and 2600 species, trees and shrubs, of tropical and subtropical regions of both hemispheres. ID notes: In palmate and costapalmate palms, the hastula is the triangle of tissue where the petiole joins the leaf blade, as seen on the upper (adaxial) surface.

Arecales is an order of flowering plants. The order has been widely named as such only for the past few decades; until then, the accepted name for the order including these plants was Principes. The order includes palms and relatives.