Elaeis
Sign in to saveElaeis () is a genus of palms, called oil palms, containing two species, native to Africa and the Americas. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil.
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Elaeis is a genus within the plant kingdom, specifically classified under the phylum Tracheophyta, class Liliopsida, and order Arecales. It belongs to the family Arecaceae. The common name for this taxon is oil palm, and it was described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
Records of Elaeis have been documented in several countries, including Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Peru, Brasil, Cuba, and Costa Rica. These records are held by institutions such as US, MO, UFPB, NY, and USP-IB. The genus has 12,924 occurrence records and 43 specific records with 14 media files.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderArecales
- FamilyArecaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 43
- With media
- 14
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Collections
- US, MO, UFPB, NY, USP-IB, IMA
- Recorded in
- Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Peru, Brasil, Cuba, Costa Rica, United States, Nicaragua, Nouvelle-CaléDonie
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- Elaeis
- Commons category
- Elaeis
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- topic's main category
- Category:Elaeis
- taxon common name
- 油棕属
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Description
- Species
- Distribution and habitat
- Uses
- Commercial palm oil cultivation
- Controversy
- Fiber
- See also
- References
- External links
Elaeis () is a genus of palms, called oil palms, containing two species, native to Africa and the Americas. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil.
==Description==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elaeis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.