Lepidocaryeae
| 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 |
Lepidocaryeae is a tribe of plants in the family Arecaceae. Subtribes and genera in the tribe are:
- 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