| Common Names - Palm Family | Synonyms - |
| Authority - Juss. | Total Number of genera - 217 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 2800 |
| Plant forms - Tree | |
| World Distribution - Tropical and warm areas (with few in Africa). Palms are among the best known and extensively cultivated plant families. They have been important to humans throughout much of history.. | |
| Comments - Some timbers in some Palms. Palms have vascular bundles but no growth rings. | |