Phytelepheae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Arecaceae
Subfamilia: Ceroxyloideae
Tribus: Phytelepheae
Genera: Ammandra - Aphandra - Phytelephas
Name

Phytelepheae Horan. Char. Ess. Fam. 38. (1847)

Type genus: Phytelephas Ruiz & Pav., Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil.: 299 (1798)

References

Horaninow, P. 1847. Characteres essentiales familiarum, ac tribuum regni vegetabilis et amphorganici ad leges tetractydis naturae conscripti accedit enumeratio generum magis notorum et organographiae supplementum. VIII+301 pp. Typis K. Wienhöberianis, Petropoli [St. Petersburg]. BHL Reference page. : 38
Barfod, A.S., Trénel, P., & Borchsenius, F. (2010). Drivers of diversification in the vegetable ivory palms (Arecaceae: Ceroxyloideae, Phytelepheae)–vicariance or adaptive shifts in niche traits. Diversity, Phylogeny and Evolution of Monocotyledons, 225-243. Full text PDF from ResearchGate
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. Phytelepheae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 Oct. 2015.

Vernacular names
English: Vegetable Ivory Palms

Phytelepheae is a tribe of plants in the subfamily Ceroxyloideae of the family Arecaceae.[1][2]
Genera

Three genera are included in Phytelepeae:[3]

Ammandra
Aphandra
Phytelephas

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.
"Classification". Palmweb: Palms of the World Online. 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.