Brahea

Brahea
	Brahea decumbens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Coryphoideae
Tribe:	Trachycarpeae
Genus:	Brahea; Mart. ex Endl.
Synonyms
	Erythea S.Watson; Glaucothea O.F.Cook

Brahea is a genus of palms in the family Arecaceae. They are commonly referred to as hesper palms and are endemic to Mexico and Central America.^[1]^[3] All Hesper Palms have large, fan-shaped leaves. The generic name honours Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601).^[4]

Species[edit]

Name	Common name	Distribution
Brahea aculeata (Brandegee) H.E.Moore	Sinaloa hesper palm	Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango
Brahea armata S.Watson	Blue hesper palm, Mexican blue palm	Baja California, Sonora
Brahea brandegeei (Purpus) H.E.Moore	San Jose hesper palm, palma de taco	Baja California Sur, Sonora
Brahea calcarea Liebm.		western Mexico, Guatemala
Brahea decumbens Rzed.		Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí
Brahea dulcis (Kunth) Mart.	Rock palm	widespread across much of Mexico as well as Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
Brahea edulis H.Wendl.	Guadalupe palm	Guadalupe Island in State of Baja California
Brahea moorei L.H.Bailey ex H.E.Moore		Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas
Brahea pimo Becc.		Nayarit, Jalisco, Guerrero, México State, Michoacán
Brahea salvadorensis H.Wendl. ex Becc.		El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua
Brahea sarukhanii H.J.Quero		Nayarit, Jalisco

Formerly placed here[edit]

Washingtonia filifera (Linden ex André) H.Wendl. (as B. filamentosa (H.Wendl. ex Franceschi) H.Wendl. ex Kuntze)^[5]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ "Genus: Brahea Mart. ex Endl". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-10-15. Archived from the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
^ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
^ Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1997). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-691-01600-9.
^ "GRIN Species Records of Brahea". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2010-09-08.

External links[edit]

Media related to Brahea at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Brahea at Wikispecies
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - ePIC: Brahea

[cabroncito-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[GRIN-2] "Genus: Brahea Mart. ex Endl". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-10-15. Archived from the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2010-09-08.

[3] Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

[Henderson-4] Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1997). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-691-01600-9.

[GRINSpecies-5] "GRIN Species Records of Brahea". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2010-09-08.

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