Areca catechu L.
ARECACEAE
- Palm family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
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Name: Areca catechu L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 2: 1189. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Betel palm
English name: areca palm English name: areca-nut
Spanish name: bonga
French name: noix d'arec
German name: Catechu-Palme
Grown habit:
Duration:
Synonyms:
= Areca cathecu L.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Arecidae
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Areca
Species:
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Areca catechu
Frond at Walmart Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Areca catechu
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Areca catechu
Trunk at Walmart Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Areca catechu
C. Hoffmann - Botanischer Bilder-Atlas (1884) - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.
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More species:
1) Areca cathecu L. [166]
2) Arenaria aculeata S. Watson var. uintahensis (A. Nelson) M. Peck [153]
3) Arenaria arctica Stev. ex Ser. [95]
4) Arenaria burkei Howell [149]
5) Arenaria californica (A. Gray) W.H. Brewer [70]
6) Arenaria chamissonis Maguire [92]
7) Arenaria compacta Coville [94]
8) Arenaria congesta Nutt. var. kingii (S. Watson) B.L. Rob. [143]
9) Arenaria eastwoodiae Rydb. [365]
10) Arenaria gothica Fr. [647]
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