liliopsid family, monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed

order Palmales, Palmales - coextensive with the family Palmae: palms

palm tree, palm - any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves

Acrocomia, genus Acrocomia - Central and South American feather palms

genus Areca - a monocotyledonous genus of palm trees

Arenga, genus Arenga - a genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees

Attalea, genus Attalea - unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America

Borassus, genus Borassus - palmyra

genus Calamus - distinctive often spiny-stemmed palms found as climbers in tropical and subtropical forest

Caryota, genus Caryota - fishtail palms

Ceroxylon, genus ceroxylon - wax palms

Cocos, genus Cocos - coconut palms

Copernicia, genus Copernicia - slow-growing tropical fan palms

genus Corozo - a monocotyledonous genus of tropical American palm trees

Corypha, genus Corypha - large fan palms of tropical Asia to Australia

Elaeis, genus Elaeis - oil palms

Euterpe, genus Euterpe - a monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America

genus Livistona, Livistona - fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia

genus Metroxylon, Metroxylon - a genus of Malayan pinnate-leaved palm trees that flower and fruit once and then die

genus Nipa, genus Nypa, Nipa, Nypa - monotypic genus of palms of Australasia

genus Orbignya, Orbignya - palms of southern Mexico to northern South America: babassu palm

genus Phoenicophorium, Phoenicophorium - latanier palm

genus Phoenix, Phoenix - a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa

genus Phytelephas, Phytelephas - small genus of South American feather palms

genus Raffia, genus Raphia, Raphia, Raffia - feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes

genus Rhapis, Rhapis - genus of small clump-forming fan palms of China and Japan

genus Roystonea, Roystonea - a monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms

genus Sabal, Sabal - American dwarf fan palms

genus Serenoa, Serenoa - one species: saw palmetto

genus Thrinax, Thrinax - small to medium-sized fan palms