Brahea

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
	ErytheaS.Watson; GlaucotheaO.F.Cook

Braheais agenusof palms in thefamily Arecaceae.They are commonly referred to ashesper palmsand are endemic toMexicoandCentral America.^[1]^[3]All Hesper Palms have large, fan-shaped leaves. The generic name honoursDanishastronomerTycho Brahe(1546-1601).^[4]

Species[edit]

Name	Common name	Distribution
Brahea aculeata(Brandegee) H.E.Moore	Sinaloa hesper palm	Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango
Brahea armataS.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 calcareaLiebm.		western Mexico, Guatemala
Brahea decumbensRzed.		Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí
Brahea dulcis(Kunth) Mart.	Rock palm	widespread across much of Mexico as well as Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
Brahea edulisH.Wendl.	Guadalupe palm	Guadalupe Island in State of Baja California
Brahea mooreiL.H.Bailey ex H.E.Moore		Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas
Brahea pimoBecc.		Nayarit, Jalisco, Guerrero, México State, Michoacán
Brahea salvadorensisH.Wendl. exBecc.		El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua
Brahea sarukhaniiH.J.Quero		Nayarit, Jalisco

Washingtonia filifera(Linden ex André) H.Wendl.(asB. filamentosa(H.Wendl. ex Franceschi) H.Wendl. ex Kuntze)^[5]

^^a ^bKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^"Genus:BraheaMart. ex Endl ".Germplasm Resources Information Network.United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-10-15. Archived fromthe originalon 2010-05-28.Retrieved2010-09-08.
^Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
^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.
^"GRIN Species Records ofBrahea".Germplasm Resources Information Network.United States Department of Agriculture. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-01-20.Retrieved2010-09-08.