- Brahea
taxobox
name = "Brahea"
image_caption = "Brahea armata" (young plant)
regnum =Plantae
unranked_divisio =Angiosperms
unranked_classis =Monocots
unranked_ordo =Commelinids
ordo =Arecales
familia =Arecaceae
subfamilia =Coryphoideae
tribus =Corypheae
genus = "Brahea"
genus_authority = Mart.|"Brahea" is a
genus of palms in theArecaceae family. They are commonly referred to as Hesper Palms and are endemic toMexico andCentral America . All Hesper Palms have large, fan-shaped leaves. There are 11species described in the genus as follows:*"
Brahea aculeata " (Brandegee) H.E.Moore (Sinaloa Hesper Palm)
*"Brahea armata " S.Watson (Blue Hesper Palm, Mexican Blue Palm)
*"Brahea brandegeei " (Purpus) H.E.Moore (San Hose Hesper Palm, Palma de Taco)
*"Brahea calcarea " Liebm
*"Brahea decumbens " Rzed.
*"Brahea dulcis " (Kunth) Mart. (Rock Palm)
*"Brahea edulis " H.Wendl. (Guadalupe Palm)
*"Brahea moorei " L.H.Bailey ex H.E.Moore
*"Brahea pimo " Becc.
*"Brahea salvadorensis " H.Wendl. ex Becc.
*"Brahea sarukhanii " H.J.QueroExternal links
* [http://www.kew.org/searchepic/detailquery.do?requiredPage=1&scientificName=brahea&datasources=ipni&datasources=mc&datasources=kr&datasources=libcat&datasources=pmb&datasources=ebbd&datasources=ecbot&datasources=livcoll&datasources=herbcat&datasources=sid&datasources=sepasal&datasources=efz&datasources=kewweb&categories=names&categories=bibl&categories=colln&categories=taxon&categories=flora&categories=misc&detailDatasource=mc Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - ePIC: "Brahea"]
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