Lepidocaryeae

Lepidocaryeae is a tribe of plants in the family Arecaceae. Subtribes and genera in the tribe are:^[1][2]

• Subtribe Ancistrophyllinae – Africa
  • Oncocalamus – Central Africa
  • Eremospatha – Africa
  • Laccosperma – Africa
• Subtribe Raphiinae
  • Raphia – Africa, Madagascar, parts of South America
• Subtribe Mauritiinae – northern South America
  • Lepidocaryum – central Amazon basin
  • Mauritia – northern South America
  • Mauritiella – northern South America

Lepidocaryeae
Mauritia flexuosa captured in Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Calamoideae
Tribe:	Lepidocaryeae

See also

• List of Arecaceae genera