Dictyocaryum is a genus of monoecious flowering plants in the palm family found in South America. It is closely related to the genus Iriartea; they are commonly called araque or palma real. As many as

Johann Bernhard Daniel Hermann Wendland was a Kew-trained German botanist and the third generation of the Wendland family to serve as head gardener at the Royal botanical gardens at Herrenhausen, Hano