Brahea

Short description: Genus of palms

Brahea

Brahea decumbens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Clade:  | Commelinids
Order:  | Arecales
Family:  | Arecaceae
Subfamily:  | Coryphoideae
Tribe:  | Trachycarpeae
Genus:  | Brahea
Mart. ex Endl.
Synonyms[1][2]

Erythea S.Watson
Glaucothea O.F.Cook

Brahea is a genus of palms in the family Arecaceae. They are commonly referred to as hesper palms and are endemic to Mexico and Central America.[1][3] All Hesper Palms have large, fan-shaped leaves. The generic name honours Denmark astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601).[4]

## Contents

* 1 Species
* 1.1 Formerly placed here
* 2 References
* 3 External links

## Species

Image | Name | Common name | Distribution

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| Brahea aculeata (Brandegee) H.E.Moore | Sinaloa hesper palm | Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango
| Brahea armata S.Watson | Blue hesper palm, Mexican blue palm | Baja California, Sonora
| Brahea brandegeei (Purpus) H.E.Moore | San Jose hesper palm, palma de taco | Baja California Sur, Sonora
| Brahea calcarea Liebm. |  | western Mexico, Guatemala
| Brahea decumbens Rzed. |  | Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí
| Brahea dulcis (Kunth) Mart. | Rock palm | widespread across much of Mexico as well as Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
| Brahea edulis H.Wendl. | Guadalupe palm | Guadalupe Island in State of Baja California
| Brahea moorei L.H.Bailey ex H.E.Moore |  | Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas
| Brahea pimo Becc. |  | Nayarit, Jalisco, Guerrero, México State, Michoacán
| Brahea salvadorensis H.Wendl. ex Becc. |  | El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua
| Brahea sarukhanii H.J.Quero |  | Nayarit, Jalisco

### Formerly placed here

* Washingtonia filifera (Linden ex André) H.Wendl. (as B. filamentosa (H.Wendl. ex Franceschi) H.Wendl. ex Kuntze)[5]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. ↑ "Genus: Brahea Mart. ex Endl.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-10-15. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?1679.
3. ↑ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
4. ↑ Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1997). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-691-01600-9.
5. ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Brahea". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?1679.

## External links

* Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - ePIC: Brahea

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