Lepidocaryeae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Arecales

Familia: Arecaceae
Subfamilia: Calamoideae
Tribus: Lepidocaryeae
Subtribus: Ancistrophyllinae – Mauritiinae – Raphiinae

Name

Lepidocaryeae Mart. ex Dumort. Mart. ex Dumort. Anal. Fam. Pl. 55. (1829)

Type genus: Lepidocaryum Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 49 (1824)

References

Martius, C.F.P. von 1829. Analyse des Familles de Plantes 55. BHL
Baker, W.J., Dransfield, J. & Hedderson, T.A. 2000. Phylogeny, character evolution, and a new classification of the calamoid palms. Systematic Botany 25(2): 297-322. DOI: 10.2307/2666644 PDF from ResearchGate Reference page.
Dransfield, J., Uhl, N.W., Asmussen, C.B., Baker, W.J., Harley, M.M. & Lewis, C.E. 2005. A New Phylogenetic Classification of the Palm Family, Arecaceae. Kew Bulletin 60 (4): 559–569. JSTOR Stable PDF. Reference page.
Dransfield, J., Uhl, N.W., Asmussen, C.B., Baker, W.J., Harley, M.M. & Lewis, C.E. 2008. Genera palmarum: The Evolution and Classification of Palms. Kew Publishing: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 9781842461822 Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2015. Lepidocaryeae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 Oct. 2015.

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

See also

List of Arecaceae genera

References

Baker, William J.; Dransfield, John (2016). "Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 182 (2): 207–233. doi:10.1111/boj.12401.
Dransfield, John; Uhl, Natalie W.; Asmussen, Conny B.; Baker, William J.; Harley, Madeline M.; Lewis, Carl E. (2008). Genera Palmarum: The Evolution and Classification of Palms. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-182-2.