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    Palms are a family of monocot plants known as Arecaceae. They typically have large evergreen leaves and grow in tropical and subtropical regions. There are over 200 genera and 2,600 palm species worldwide. Most palms grow solitary or in clusters and have fan or feather-shaped leaves, small flowers, and fruit that is usually a single seed. Their origin is believed to be in the Pacific or South America, and they disperse primarily through water transport of seeds, though some species are limited to specific regions due to salt water intolerance.

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    Palms are a family of monocot plants known as Arecaceae. They typically have large evergreen leaves and grow in tropical and subtropical regions. There are over 200 genera and 2,600 palm species worldwide. Most palms grow solitary or in clusters and have fan or feather-shaped leaves, small flowers, and fruit that is usually a single seed. Their origin is believed to be in the Pacific or South America, and they disperse primarily through water transport of seeds, though some species are limited to specific regions due to salt water intolerance.

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    Palms are a family of monocot plants known as Arecaceae. They typically have large evergreen leaves and grow in tropical and subtropical regions. There are over 200 genera and 2,600 palm species worldwide. Most palms grow solitary or in clusters and have fan or feather-shaped leaves, small flowers, and fruit that is usually a single seed. Their origin is believed to be in the Pacific or South America, and they disperse primarily through water transport of seeds, though some species are limited to specific regions due to salt water intolerance.

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    Palms are a family of monocot plants known as Arecaceae. They typically have large evergreen leaves and grow in tropical and subtropical regions. There are over 200 genera and 2,600 palm species worldwide. Most palms grow solitary or in clusters and have fan or feather-shaped leaves, small flowers, and fruit that is usually a single seed. Their origin is believed to be in the Pacific or South America, and they disperse primarily through water transport of seeds, though some species are limited to specific regions due to salt water intolerance.

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    Palm Trees

    Biogeography
    By: Ginger Burns
    Scientific Classification
    Arecaceae or Palmae (also
    known by the name Palmaceae,

    • Kingdom:
    • Plantae
    • Division:
    • Magnoliophyta
    • Class:
    • Liliopsida
    • Order:
    • Arecales
    • Family:
    • Arecaceae
    Schultz-Schultzenstein
    Genera and Species
    • There are roughly 202 currently
    known genera with around 2600
    species, most of which are restricted
    to tropical or subtropical regions of
    the Earth.
    .
    .
    .
    Distribution
    Whether shrubs, trees or vines
    palms are limited to two methods
    of growth.
    Solitary Growth

    Clusters

    And
    Occasionally, a plant is very often
    clustering with the occasional solitary
    member or the converse.

    This grove of the native species Washingtonia


    filifera in Palm Canyon, California is growing
    alongside a stream running through the desert.
    Morphology
    1. They have large evergreen leaves that are
    either palmately ('fan-leaved') or pinnately
    ('feather-leaved') compound and spirally
    arranged at the top of the stem.

    2. The leaves have a tubular sheath at the


    base that usually splits open on one side at
    maturity
    3. The flowers are generally small and white,
    radially symmetric, and can be either uni-
    or bisexual 5. The fruit is usually a single-seeded
    4. The sepals and petals usually number three drupe [5], but some genera (e.g. Salacca)
    each and may be distinct or joined at the may contain two or more seeds in each
    base. The stamens generally number six, fruit.
    with filaments that may be separate,
    attached to each other, or attached to the
    pistil at the base
    Taxonomy

    • Palms are a
    monophyletic group of
    plants, meaning that
    the group consists of a
    common ancestor and
    all its descendants
    Arecaceae is the first modern family of
    monocots that is clearly represented in the
    fossil record
    Range and habitat
    • The vast majority of
    palms exist in the
    tropics.
    • Diversity is highest in
    wet, lowland tropical
    forests, especially in
    ecological "hotspots“
    • Madagascar, which has
    more endemic palms
    than the entire
    continental Africa.
    Coconut palm trees
    Colombia mayin Mumbai, India highest
    have the number of palm species in
    one country.
    Range and habitat

     
     

    World map with the tropics highlighted in red


    Range and Habitat
    • It is estimated that only 130 palm species
    grow naturally beyond the tropics, most of
    which grow in the subtropics
    • Palms inhabit a variety of habitats
    Origin of Species
    • Arecaceae-is a Pacific genus
    of uncertain geographic • It is thought that Sympatric
    origin speciation
    • However since all related • Took place
    species classified in the
    subfamily Cocoideae have a • Sympatric speciation is
    South American origin more strictly defined as the
    (except perhaps the emergence
    coconut, Cocos nucifera), • of two species from a
    population in which mating
    has been random
    • with respect to the place of
    birth of the mating
    partners2.
    Origin of Species of the Coconut Palm
    • Comparatively little is
    known about the origin and
    early distribution of the
    coconut palm, probably
    because it was so widely
    spread throughout the
    tropical areas of the world
    so many years ago. It is
    believed to be native to the
    Malay Archipelago or the
    South Pacific.
    Acanthophoenix crinita
    'Dark Spine Palm'
    • Country of Origin :
    Reunion
    Acanthophoenix sp. tripaludis
    • Country of Origin :
    Reunion
    • Extremely rare Palm
    Beccariophoenix madagascariensis
    South Form

    Country of Origin :
    Madagascar
    Bismarckia nobilis
    [ Medemia nobilis ]
    'Bismarck

    Probably the most


    beautiful palm !
    Global Distribution
    Dispersal
    • Passive Dispersal
    Seeds float in the water
    or drop to the
    ground (clumping
    May occur)
    Sweepstakes Route
    • By chance the seeds are dropped in the water
    and carried over long distances.

    • Some Arecaceae Seeds can not live in salt


    water and those plants are isolated to specific
    islands or regions.

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