Caryota
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thumb|x300px|Caryota mitis Caryota is a genus of palm trees. They are often known as fishtail palms because of the shape of their leaves.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderArecales
- FamilyArecaceae
Native toAndaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa
Observations recorded10,020
鱼尾葵属（学名：Caryota）是棕榈目棕榈科下的一个属，为乔木植物。该属共有12种，分布于亚洲南部、东南部至澳大利亚热带地区。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 461
- With media
- 421
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Collections
- INECOL, UTEP, A, US, IBUNAM, NY
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Nigeria, United Kingdom, Vietnam
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- Category:Caryota
- taxon common name
- 鱼尾椰属
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thumb|x300px|Caryota mitis Caryota is a genus of palm trees. They are often known as fishtail palms because of the shape of their leaves.
As of September 2025, the genus comprises 14 accepted species, with a native distribution ranging from the Indian subcontinent and southern China, extending in a south-east direction to Queensland, Australia and Vanuatu.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caryota” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.