Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics

Elaeis Jacq.
OIL PALM

Classification

ARECALES
Elaeis

Citation

ELAEIS Jacquin, Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. 280, t. 172. 1763.
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TYPE: Elaeis guineensis Jacquin

Species

Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Elaeis guineensis AFRICAN OIL PALM Not Native

Identification Key

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms

Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Alfonsia Alfonsia Kunth, in Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 305. 1816. TYPE: Alfonsia oleifera Kunth = Corozo Jacquin ex Giseke 1792, by neotypification.
Corozo Corozo Jacquin ex Giseke, Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl. 42, 92. 1792. TYPE: Corozo oleifera (Kunth) L. H. Bailey (Alfonsia oleifera L. H. Bailey) Neotypified by L. H. Bailey, Gentes Herb. 3: 59. 1933.