Coryphoideae
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The Coryphoideae is one of five subfamilies in the palm family, Arecaceae. It contains all of the genera with palmate leaves, excepting Mauritia, Mauritiella and Lepidocaryum, all of subfamily Calamoi
Sabalinflower
Sabalites is a coryphoid leaf fossil common in the fossil record
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Phoenix (plant)
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Phoenix is a genus of 14 species of palms, native to an area starting from the Canary Islands in the west, across northern and central Africa, to the extreme southeast of Europe, and continuing throug
Coryphoideae
…leaf folds (excepting Guihaia), while Calamoideae palms have reduplicate (inverted V-shaped) leaf folds. Pinnate leaves do occur in Coryphoideae, in Phoenix, Arenga, Wallichia and bipinnate in Caryota. Coryphoids are well-represented in the fossil record from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) onwards, primarily…
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General view of the shape of a Phoenix leaf
Phoenix foliage showing V-shaped leaflets
Metamorphosed leaflets into spines, common to Phoenix