Vegetative key to the families

Vegetative Key Vegetative key to the families

PALMS. Leaves large, pinnately or palmately divided, the segments with parallel venation; leaf bases enclosing or clasping the stem. Young inflorescences enclosed by a large deciduous spathe Arecaceae

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Leaves pinnately divided

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Leaf petiole without sheathing base; lower pinnae spine-like Phoenix

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Leaf petiole with sheathing base; lower pinnae not spine-like Archontophoenix