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Taxon: Family Arecaceae Bercht. & J.Presl (1820), nom. cons. - palm family (plant)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Bercht. & J. Presl, 1820, nom. cons., nom. alt.
Original name, rank & spelling:  Berchtold, B.W. & Presl, J.S. 1820. Přir. Rostlin: 266 ("Čeleď"[Family]). ≡
Subsequent publication:  Schultz Sch., 1832. Nat. Syst. Pflanzenr.: 317.

Attributes

Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV] Ref: W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994. Int. Code Bot. Nomencl. (Tokyo Code): App. IIB (p. 100: "Schultz Sch.").
Alternative family name (nom. alt.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Arts. 18.5, 18.6] Ref: J. McNeill et al. (eds.), 2012. ICN: Art. 18.5 (p. 52: "nom. alt.").

Types

Automatically typified subtaxon of: Arecales (Order) Bromhead (1840)
Type: Areca (Genus) L. (1753) Ref: W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994: App. IIB (p. 100).

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Borassoideae (Subfamily) Ref: PBDB: 13 Aug 2020.
Synonymous name: Cocosoideae (Clade) Ref: PBDB: 13 Aug 2020.
Synonymous name: Lepidocaryoideae (Subfamily) Ref: PBDB: 13 Aug 2020.
Synonymous name: Phoenicoideae (Subfamily) Ref: PBDB: 13 Aug 2020.
Including: Nypaceae (Family) Brongn. ex Le Maout & Decaisne (1868) Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 560.
Descriptive name: Palmae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons. Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 468.
Preferred name: Palmae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons. Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: App. (p. 1001).
Alternative name: Palmae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons. Ref: APG IV (comps.), 2016: App. (p. 15).

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: palm family
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