Most of Bactris species are small trees about 2 m tall, but some are large trees while others are shrubs with subterranean stems. The leaves can be either pinnately compound or simple. Inflorescences are borne singly emerging from the leaf axil. Flowers grow in triplets along the inflorescence. Ripe fruit can be yellow, orange, red or purple-black. As of 2013 The Plant List included 79 accepted species. Bactris is a genus of spiny palms which is native to the Mexico, South and Central America and the Caribbean.

Ravenea is small to large palms, with solitary, robust grey stems, swollen at base and gradually tapering upward. The leaves are pinnately compound, reduplicate, erect at first then arching, twisted near the apex; with numerous crowded narrow ribbed leaflets. The inflorescence is short, borne among the leaves; the fruit is a red drupe. This genus includes about 20 species. They are all native to Madagascar and the Comoros.

Socratea is a genus of five species of palms found in tropical Central America and South America.

Hyphaene is a genus of palms native to Africa, Madagascar, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent.

Cyrtostachys is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Its species are found in southeast Asia, New Guinea, and in some of the South-Central and Southwest Pacific island habitats of the Oceania ecozone.

Acoelorrhaphe is a genus of palms with single species. It is native to Central America, southeastern Mexico, the Caribbean, Colombia, the Bahamas, and extreme southern Florida. It is a small to moderately tall palm that grows in clusters to 5 to 7 m, rarely 9 m tall, with slender stems less than 15 cm diameter. The leaves are palmate (fan-shaped), with segments joined to each other for about half of their length, light-green above, and silver underneath. The flowers are minute, inconspicuous and greenish, with 6 stamens. The fruit is pea-sized, starting orange and turning to black at maturity.

Windmill palms are a genus of fan palms. Native to natural forests and wetlands of Asia, these fan palms are often cultivated as ornamental plants. In Asia, they are often used to create rope, furniture, and brushes. Their wax has been used as a polish and in the creation of carbon paper. Larvae also use windmill palms as food.

Oenocarpus family is known for their iconic tropical appearance with large feather leaves, but did you know that some palms are used for their oil and others for their edible fruits? In some cultures, palm bark is used for roofing and weaving mats. Keep an eye out for coconut palms, known for their large coconuts and impressive height.

Pinanga is a genus of flowering plant of the palm family in the subtribe Arecinae. It is native to eastern and southern Asia across to New Guinea.

Johannesteijsmannia is a genus of four species of palms found in tropical rainforests of the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and northern Sumatra. They are fan palms, usually growing without a trunk.

Nipa Palm is a genus of palm native to the coastlines and estuarine habitats of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It has only one member. It is an unusual palm tree, and the leaves can extend up to 9 m in height. The flowers are a globular inflorescence of female flowers at the tip with catkin-like red or yellow male flowers on the lower branches. The flower produces woody nuts arranged in a globular cluster up to 25 cm across on a single stalk. It is considered native to Asia, Sumatra, the Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, the Caroline Islands, Queensland, and the Australian Northern Territory.

They are commonly referred to as braheas and are endemic to Mexico and Central America. All braheas have large, fan-shaped leaves.

Growing in warm, sunny areas, wodyetia are commonly used in landscaping and tropical gardens, prized for their attractive, bushy fronds. The tall trees grow from large seeds produced in the spring and are also cultivated commercially for the seeded fruits. The trees and seeds are under government protection in their native habitat.

Wettinia family is known for their iconic tropical appearance with large feather leaves, but did you know that some palms are used for their oil and others for their edible fruits? In some cultures, palm bark is used for roofing and weaving mats. Keep an eye out for coconut palms, known for their large coconuts and impressive height.

Trithrinax is a genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Coryphoideae of the family Arecaceae. It has hundreds of Inflorescences. Flowers have three sepals, three petals, six stamens and three carpels. Dead foliage is kept as a thick and spiny coat around the trunk. Leaves are fan shaped (palmate), composed of strong resistant fibers. Shoots are red coloured. Trithrinax species are spread along vast subtropical zones of South America.

Carpentaria family is known for their iconic tropical appearance with large feather leaves, but did you know that some palms are used for their oil and others for their edible fruits? In some cultures, palm bark is used for roofing and weaving mats. Keep an eye out for coconut palms, known for their large coconuts and impressive height.

Linospadix family is known for their iconic tropical appearance with large feather leaves, but did you know that some palms are used for their oil and others for their edible fruits? In some cultures, palm bark is used for roofing and weaving mats. Keep an eye out for coconut palms, known for their large coconuts and impressive height.

Cryosophila family is known for their iconic tropical appearance with large feather leaves, but did you know that some palms are used for their oil and others for their edible fruits? In some cultures, palm bark is used for roofing and weaving mats. Keep an eye out for coconut palms, known for their large coconuts and impressive height.

Attalea is a large genus of palms native to Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America. Between 29 and 67 species are recognised in the genus, with estimates of as many as 100. Attalea is a genus of non-spiny palms with pinnately compound leaves—rows of leaflets emerge on either side of the axis of the leaf in a feather-like or fern-like pattern. Species range from large trees with stout stems up to 30 m tall to acaulescent palms (ones which lack an aboveground stem). Inflorescences are large, branched and borne among the leaves. Fruit usually have two or three seeds, although fewer or more are present in some species, and are usually brown, yellow, orange-brown or purple when mature.

Rhopalostylis family is known for their iconic tropical appearance with large feather leaves, but did you know that some palms are used for their oil and others for their edible fruits? In some cultures, palm bark is used for roofing and weaving mats. Keep an eye out for coconut palms, known for their large coconuts and impressive height.

Allagoptera family is known for their iconic tropical appearance with large feather leaves, but did you know that some palms are used for their oil and others for their edible fruits? In some cultures, palm bark is used for roofing and weaving mats. Keep an eye out for coconut palms, known for their large coconuts and impressive height.

Chambeyronia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia.

Arenga is a genus of palms, native to Southeast Asia, southern China, New Guinea, and northern Australia. They are small to medium-sized palms, growing to 2 to 20 m tall, with pinnate leaves 2 to 12 m long.

Gebang palms is a genus of palms (family Arecaceae), native to India, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea and northeastern Australia. The leaves have a long petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets. All are large palms with leaves ranging from 2 to 5 m in length. They reach heights of 20 to 40 m and with a trunk diameter of up to 1 to 2.5 m.

This genus includes about 1 species. Jubaea is native to southwestern South America between 32°S and 35°S.

Coconut palm comprise a single-species genus that is part of the palm tree family. Though these trees are renowned for their fruits, which are used as a staple food worldwide, they are also used for shelter, fuel, and cosmetics. Coconut palm have cultural and religious meanings in many societies and are used in many religious rituals and ceremonies, such as weddings and when worshipping specific deities.

Ptychosperma is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Most are native to Australia and/or New Guinea, with a few in the Solomon Islands and in Maluku Province of eastern Indonesia.

Acrocomia family is known for their iconic tropical appearance with large feather leaves, but did you know that some palms are used for their oil and others for their edible fruits? In some cultures, palm bark is used for roofing and weaving mats. Keep an eye out for coconut palms, known for their large coconuts and impressive height.

Butterfly palms comprise a large and very diverse genus of flowering evergreen palms. Many species have an aerial branching growth habit that is unique for members of the palm family. Though this genus is the largest and most diverse in the palm family, all butterfly palms contain pinnate leaves that have no spines. Some species have marcescent leaves that remain attached after death.

The genus rhapidophyllum includes only one species. The needle palm of rhapidophyllum assumes a shrublike clumping form with several stems growing from a single base, the stems growing very slowly and tightly together, eventually forming a dense base, with numerous sharp needle-like spines produced between the leaves. The whole plant can reach 2 to 3 m tall to the top of the erect central leaves. It is a fan palm with the leaves with a long petiole terminating in a rounded fan of 8–16 leaflets. The flowers are borne in dense, short clusters at the top of the stems; it is usually dioecious with male and female flowers on separate plants. The fruit is a brown drupe. It is native to coastal margins of the subtropical eastern Gulf and south Atlantic states of the United States. Endemic populations can be found from America.

Aiphanes family is known for their iconic tropical appearance with large feather leaves, but did you know that some palms are used for their oil and others for their edible fruits? In some cultures, palm bark is used for roofing and weaving mats. Keep an eye out for coconut palms, known for their large coconuts and impressive height.

Livistona are a genus of fan palms - palms whose fronds radiate around a central point, much like a paper fan. Its Latin name Livistona orginates from the creator of the Edinburgh botanical garden in Scotland in 1670: Patrick Murray, the Baron of Livingston.

Palmettos are distinct palms for their fan-like leaves, which originate from a bare petiole. Several species are important food sources for various species of birds and other animals. Many species are relatively cold-hardy, meaning they can be planted as ornamentals farther north than other palms.

Butia species are noted for their attractive and large feathery leaves, making them popular ornamental plants with gardeners in warm climates. Butia plants are sun-loving, slow-growing, and quite varied, although all are tolerant of dry conditions. Some species of this genus produce edible fruits, which have been used to make preserves.

Washingtonia comprise a small genus of palms whose leaflets form a rounded fan shape. They produce edible fruit, which was a minor food source for Native Americans. The fruit is also a food source for birds, who in turn, disperse the seeds. These palms are most often cultivated as ornamental trees. This genus is named after George Washington.

Pseudophoenix family is known for their iconic tropical appearance with large feather leaves, but did you know that some palms are used for their oil and others for their edible fruits? In some cultures, palm bark is used for roofing and weaving mats. Keep an eye out for coconut palms, known for their large coconuts and impressive height.

The plants are monocarpic. They grow up to 16 m tall and are remarkable for their compound pinnate leaves, the longest in the plant kingdom. Raffia palmss are a genus of about twenty species of palms native to tropical regions of Africa, and especially Madagascar, with one species (R. taedigera) also occurring in Central and South America.

Latania is a genus of flowering plant in the palm tree family. Latanias are large, single-stemmed fan palms with separate male and female plants (dioecy); when the leaves fall, they leave scars on the trunks. Male flowers are small, in clusters, and emerge from within leathery bracts on the catkin-like inflorescences. Female flowers are larger, solitary and not concealed within bracts. The fruits contain 1-3 pyrenes, which are seeds enclosed within woody endocarps. The genus contains three species. Latania is native to the Mascarene Islands in the western Indian Ocean.

Fishtail palms native to Southeast Asia, is a unique-looking palm with bi-pinnate fronds that resemble a fish's tail. Fishtail palms commonly used in tropical gardens and landscapes. These palms are dioecious and produce long panicles of flowers that attract hummingbirds and other pollinators.