Calamoideae

Calamoideae

calamus gibbsianus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Calamoideae Griff.^[1]
3 Tribes
see text.

The Calamoideae are a subfamily of the family Arecaceae containing 21 genera and about 620 species which are distributed worldwide.^[1]

Classification

The Calamoideae are divided into three tribes:^[2]

Tribe Calameae
- Subtribe Calaminae
  - Calamus
  - Daemonorops
- Subtribe Korthalsiinae
  - Korthalsia
- Subtribe Metroxylinae
  - Metroxylon
- Subtribe Pigafettinae
  - Pigafetta
- Subtribe Plectocomiinae
  - Plectocomia
- Subtribe Salaccinae
  - Salacca
Tribe Eugeissoneae
- - Eugeissona
Tribe Lepidocaryeae
- Subtribe Ancistrophyllinae
  - Eremospatha
  - Laccosperma
  - Oncocalamus
- Subtribe Mauritiinae
  - Lepidocaryum
  - Mauritia

References

1 2 John Leslie Dowe. Australian Palms: Biogeography, Ecology and Systematics. p. 55. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
↑ http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Plantae/Calamoideae_Subfamily.asp

Further reading

Molecular Phylogenetics of Subfamily Calamoideae (Palmae) Based on nrDNA ITS and cpDNA rps16 Intron Sequence Data

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