Archontophoenicinae

taxobox

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image_caption = "Archontophoenix cunninghamiana"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Arecales
familia = Arecaceae
subfamilia = Arecoideae
tribus = Areceae
subtribus = Archontophoenicinae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = *"Archontophoenix"
*"Actinokentia"
*"Chambeyronia"
*"Kentiopsis"|

Archontophoenicinae is a botanical subtribe consisting of four genera of palms, namely "Archontophoenix" from Queensland and New South Wales and "Actinokentia", "Chambeyronia" and "Kentiopsis" from New Caledonia. [Some sources include the genus "Mackeea" in Archontophoenicinae. This is a synonym of "Kentiopsis".] [Two other genera, "Hedyscepe" from Lord Howe Island and "Rhopalostylis" from Norfolk Island, Australia, and New Zealand (including the Kermadec Islands) were formerly included in this subtribe, but have now been separated out to form the subtribe Rhopalostylidinae (Dransfield, Uhl et al., 2005).]

Description

The palms in this subtribe are medium-sized palms, with well-developed, distinct crownshafts and strictly pinnate leaves with generally short and massive petioles. The inflorescences are branched to two or three orders, with the prophyll and penduncular bracts similar. The subtribe is homogenous compared to other subtribes of the Arecaea. All the genera have more than six stamens. The New Caledonian genera have distinctive leaf anatomy and may share a common ancestor (Uhl and Dransfield 1987:367).

References

*Dransfield, John, Natalie W Uhl, Conny B Asmussen, William J Baker, Madeline M Harley, and Carl E Lewis (2005) A new phylogenetic classification of the palm family, Arecaceae. Kew Bulletin, Vol. 60 (2005).
*Uhl, Natalie W. and Dransfield, John (1987) "Genera Palmarum - A classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore". Lawrence, Kansas: Allen Press. ISBN-10: ISBN-10: 0935868305 / ISBN-13: 978-0935868302.
*cite web |author=USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program |date= |title=Genus "Mackeea" H. E. Moore |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network — (GRIN) |publisher=National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7104|accessdate=2008-05-08

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