thumb|right|250px|Alexander palm ([[Archontophoenix alexandrae) in strong wind]]

thumb|right|250px|Alexander palm (Archontophoenix alexandrae) - fruit

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

Taxonomy

This is a list of all the genera in the botanical family Arecaceae, the palm family, arranged by tribes and subtribes within the family. and Sabinaria, which were described after 2008, have also been included below. Ceratolobus, Daemonorops, Pogonotium, Wallichia, Lytocaryum, and the monotypic genera Retispatha, Pritchardiopsis, and Solfia have since been removed from Genera Palmarum (2008) as obsolete genera. This brings the total number of genera to 181 as of 2016.

Subfamily Calamoideae

  • Tribe Eugeissoneae
  • Eugeissona – Borneo, Malay Peninsula
  • Tribe Lepidocaryeae – Africa and South America
  • 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; monotypic genus
  • Mauritia – northern South America
  • Mauritiella – northern South America
  • Tribe Calameae – Africa and Asia
  • Subtribe Korthalsiinae
  • Korthalsia – Malesia, New Guinea, Indochina
  • Subtribe Salaccinae – Malesia, Indochina
  • Eleiodoxa – Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo; monotypic genus
  • Salacca – Malesia, Indochina
  • Subtribe Metroxylinae
  • Metroxylon – New Guinea, Melanesia
  • Subtribe Pigafettinae
  • Pigafetta – Sulawesi, Moluccas and New Guinea
  • Subtribe Plectocomiinae – Malesia, Indochina
  • Plectocomia – Malesia, Indochina
  • Myrialepis – Malesia, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra; monotypic genus
  • Plectocomiopsis – Malesia, Indochina
  • Subtribe Calaminae – Africa, Asia
  • Calamus – Africa, Asia

Obsolete genera:

  • Calospatha (synonym of Calamus) – Malay Peninsula
  • Daemonorops (syn. of Calamus)

Subfamily Ceroxyloideae

  • Tribe Cyclospatheae
  • Pseudophoenix – Greater Antilles and nearby
  • Tribe Ceroxyleae
  • Ceroxylon – northern Andes
  • Juania – Juan Fernández Islands; monotypic genus
  • Oraniopsis – Queensland; monotypic genus
  • Ravenea – Madagascar and Comoros
  • Tribe Phytelepheae – NW South America, Panama, Costa Rica
  • Ammandra – Colombia, Ecuador; monotypic genus
  • Aphandra – western Amazon basin; monotypic genus
  • Phytelephas – NW South America, Panama, Costa Rica

Subfamily Arecoideae

  • Tribe Iriarteeae – northern South America
  • Iriartella – northern South America
  • Dictyocaryum – northern Andes, parts of Amazons
  • Iriartea – NW South America, Central America; monotypic genus
  • Socratea – northern South America, Central America
  • Wettinia – NW South America
  • Tribe Chamaedoreeae – Americas, Mascarenes
  • Hyophorbe – Mascarenes
  • Wendlandiella – Peruvian Amazon
  • Synechanthus – Central America, Colombia, Ecuador
  • Chamaedorea – Central America, NW South America
  • Gaussia – Mexico, Belize, Cuba
  • Tribe Podococceae
  • Podococcus – Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
  • Tribe Oranieae
  • Orania – Malesia, New Guinea, Madagascar
  • Tribe Sclerospermeae
  • Sclerosperma – Central Africa
  • Tribe Roystoneeae
  • Roystonea – Caribbean
  • Tribe Reinhardtieae
  • Reinhardtia – Central America
  • Tribe Cocoseae
  • Subtribe Attaleinae
  • Beccariophoenix – Madagascar
  • Jubaeopsis – South Africa; monotypic genus
  • Voanioala – NE Madagascar; monotypic genus
  • Allagoptera – Central South America
  • Attalea – Americas
  • Butia – SE South America
  • Cocos – cosmopolitan; monotypic genus
  • Jubaea – Chile; monotypic genus
  • Syagrus – South America
  • Parajubaea – Andes
  • Subtribe Bactridinae – Americas
  • Acrocomia – Americas
  • Astrocaryum – Americas
  • Aiphanes – NW South America, Caribbean
  • Bactris – South America, Central America, Caribbean
  • Desmoncus – South America, Central America
  • Subtribe Elaeidinae
  • Barcella – northern Brazil; monotypic genus
  • Elaeis – Africa, northern South America
  • Tribe Manicarieae
  • Manicaria – northern South America
  • Tribe Euterpeae – South America, Central America, Caribbean
  • Hyospathe – northern South America
  • Euterpe – South America, Central America
  • Prestoea – northern South America, Caribbean
  • Neonicholsonia – Central America; monotypic genus
  • Oenocarpus – South America
  • Tribe Geonomateae – Americas
  • Welfia – Central America, Colombia, Ecuador
  • Pholidostachys – NW South America, Panama, Costa Rica
  • Calyptrogyne – Central America
  • Calyptronoma – Greater Antilles
  • Asterogyne – northern South America, Central America
  • Geonoma – Americas
  • Tribe Leopoldinieae
  • Leopoldinia – Central Amazon basin
  • Tribe Pelagodoxeae – New Guinea, Oceania
  • Pelagodoxa – Marquesas Islands; monotypic genus
  • Sommieria – NW New Guinea; monotypic genus
  • Tribe Areceae – Malesia, Australasia, Madagascar
  • Subtribe Archontophoenicinae – New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia
  • Actinorhytis – New Guinea; monotypic genus
  • Archontophoenix – eastern Australia
  • Actinokentia – New Caledonia
  • Chambeyronia – New Caledonia
  • Kentiopsis – New Caledonia
  • Subtribe Arecinae – Indochina, Malesia, New Guinea
  • Areca – Indochina, Malesia, New Guinea
  • Nenga – Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java
  • Pinanga – Indochina, Malesia, New Guinea
  • Subtribe Basseliniinae – Island Melanesia
  • Basselinia – New Caledonia
  • Burretiokentia – New Caledonia
  • Cyphophoenix – New Caledonia
  • Cyphosperma – New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji
  • Lepidorrhachis – Lord Howe Island; monotypic genus
  • Physokentia – Island Melanesia
  • Subtribe Carpoxylinae – Island Melanesia, Ryukyu Islands
  • Carpoxylon – northern Vanuatu; monotypic genus
  • Satakentia – Ryukyu Islands; monotypic genus
  • Neoveitchia – Vanuatu, Fiji
  • Subtribe Clinospermatinae – New Caledonia
  • Cyphokentia – New Caledonia
  • Clinosperma – New Caledonia
  • Subtribe Dypsidinae – Madagascar, Comoros
  • Dypsis – Madagascar, Comoros
  • Lemurophoenix – NE Madagascar; monotypic genus
  • Marojejya – E Madagascar
  • Masoala – E Madagascar
  • Subtribe Laccospadicinae – New Guinea, E Australia
  • Calyptrocalyx – New Guinea
  • Linospadix – New Guinea, E Australia
  • Howea – Lord Howe Island
  • Laccospadix – northern Queensland; monotypic genus
  • Subtribe Oncospermatinae – Malesia, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Mascarenes
  • Oncosperma – Malesia
  • Deckenia – Seychelles; monotypic genus
  • Acanthophoenix – Mascarenes
  • Tectiphiala – Mauritius; monotypic genus
  • Subtribe Ptychospermatinae – Australasia
  • Ptychosperma – New Guinea, northern Australia
  • Ponapea – Caroline Islands, Bismarcks
  • Adonidia – Palawan
  • Balaka – Fiji, Samoa
  • Veitchia – Vanuatu, Fiji
  • Carpentaria – Northern Territory; monotypic genus
  • Wodyetia – northern Queensland; monotypic genus
  • Drymophloeus – NW New Guinea, Bismarcks, Solomon Islands, Samoa
  • Normanbya – northern Queensland; monotypic genus
  • Brassiophoenix – Papua New Guinea
  • Ptychococcus – New Guinea
  • Jailoloa – Halmahera; monotypic genus
  • Manjekia – Biak; monotypic genus
  • Wallaceodoxa – Raja Ampat Islands; monotypic genus
  • Subtribe Rhopalostylidinae – New Zealand
  • Rhopalostylis – New Zealand, Chatham Islands, Norfolk Island, and Kermadec Islands
  • Hedyscepe – Lord Howe Island; monotypic genus
  • Subtribe Verschaffeltiinae – Seychelles
  • Nephrosperma – Seychelles; monotypic genus
  • Phoenicophorium – Seychelles; monotypic genus
  • Roscheria – Seychelles; monotypic genus
  • Verschaffeltia – Seychelles; monotypic genus
  • Unplaced members of Areceae
  • Bentinckia – South India, Nicobars
  • Clinostigma – western Oceania
  • Cyrtostachys – Malesia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  • Dictyosperma – Mascarenes; monotypic genus
  • Dransfieldia – West Papua; monotypic genus
  • Heterospathe – Philippines, New Guinea, Island Melanesia
  • Hydriastele – Australasia
  • Iguanura – Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo
  • Loxococcus – Sri Lanka; monotypic genus
  • Rhopaloblaste – New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Malay Peninsula, Nicobar Islands

Obsolete genera:

  • Lytocaryum – Brazil
  • Solfia – Samoa

Geographical distributions

Below are geographical distributions of all the genera in the botanical family Arecaceae, following the 2008 edition of Genera Palmarum (pp. 647–650).