Palm Trees
A Tropical Tree
- Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Clades: Tracheophytes, Angiosperms, Monocots, and Commelinids
- Order: Arecales
- Family: Arecaceae
- Genus: Areca
- Subfamilies Arecoideae, Calamoideae, Ceroxyloideae, Coryphoideae, Nypoideae
Arecaceaeis derived from "at-ay-kkay" (Dravidian) "ataykka" (Malayalam), "areca" (Portuguese), and "-aceus" ("resembling" in Latin)
Palm trees first appeared 80 million years ago during the Cretaceous period. The plants can be found in the Americas, Oceania, southern Asia, and near the Mediterranean Sea. Some examples of palm trees are fan palms, Mexican fan palms, Areca palm, European fan palm, California Palm. Coconuts and dates come from palm trees. Learn more on Wikipedia!