Knowra Arecaceae Arecaceae Arecaceae is a family of flowering plants known as palms, including trees, shrubs, and climbers. Its members commonly have large leaves and distinctive growth forms.
Palm leaf : A palm leaf is a large leaf, usually divided into featherlike or fan-shaped segments. Its featherlike and fan-shaped forms are among the family’s most recognizable features.
Primary growth : Primary growth is lengthwise growth produced by apical meristems at the tips of shoots and roots. Most palm stems lengthen from a single growing point near the crown.
Coconut : The coconut is the fruit and seed of Cocos nucifera, a widely cultivated palm. It supplies food, oil, fiber, and other products from a single palm species.
Arecales : Arecales is the order of flowering plants that contains the palm family. It places Arecaceae among its closest taxonomic relatives.
Palm conservation : Palm conservation is the protection and management of palm species, populations, and habitats. Many palm species face extinction risk from habitat loss and unsustainable harvesting.
Palm trunk : A palm trunk is the usually unbranched stem of a palm, formed largely by persistent leaf bases and vascular tissue. Its structure differs from the wood-forming trunks of typical trees.
Secondary growth : Secondary growth is an increase in stem or root girth produced by lateral meristems, especially the vascular cambium. Palms generally lack the conventional cambium that thickens woody tree trunks.
Date palm : The date palm is Phoenix dactylifera, a cultivated palm producing sweet, edible fruits. Its fruit has sustained agriculture and trade in arid regions for millennia.
Angiosperm : An angiosperm is a flowering plant whose seeds develop enclosed within an ovary. Palms are part of the flowering plants, a lineage that diversified extensively in the Cretaceous.
Deforestation : Deforestation is the large-scale removal of forest cover, usually through conversion to other land uses. Forest conversion threatens palm diversity and expands oil-palm plantations.
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