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|accepted_name=Caryota
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1189. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5; 497, 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Fishtail palm
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Arecaceae;Arecaceae subfam. Arecoideae;Arecaceae tribe Caryoteae;Caryota
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Arecaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Arecaceae subfam. Arecoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Arecaceae tribe Caryoteae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Caryota]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek caryon, nut
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 114
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>solitary or clustered, slender to massive, smooth, with conspicuous nodal rings. <b>Leaves</b>: blade 2-pinnate (1-pinnate in juvenile plants); plication induplicate; segments cuneate, in 1 plane; apices jagged and irregular; basal segments not modified into spines. <b>Inflorescences</b> initiated basipetally, first one appearing terminal, successive one borne axillary among leaves, and later ones below leaves, pendulous, paniculate, with 1 order of branching [spicate]; prophyll small; peduncular bracts numerous, tubular. <b>Flowers</b> unisexual, sessile, borne in triads of 1 pistillate flower flanked by 2 staminate flowers. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 3, imbricate, free; petals 3, connate basally, valvate; stamens numerous [6], free; pistillode absent. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 3, imbricate, free; petals 3, connate for nearly 1/2 length, valvate; staminodial lobes present or absent; pistils 1, 3-loculate; ovules 1 per locule; styles indistinct; stigmas 3-lobed. <b>Fruits</b> berries, globular; exocarp purple, smooth; mesocarp fleshy, containing irritating raphides; endocarp absent. <b>Seeds</b> globular; endosperm ruminate [homogeneous]; embryo lateral; eophyll 2-cleft, segments fan-shaped. n = 17.</span><!--

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|distribution=Native to Asia;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|discussion=<p><i>Caryota</i>, readily distinguished by its 2-pinnate leaves, is native to India, southeastern Asia, Malesia, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Australia. Two species of <i>Caryota</i> are commonly cultivated in southern Florida: <i>C. urens</i> and <i>C. mitis</i>. Both species have naturalized in Dade County, Florida.</p><!--
--><p>Species 12 (2 in the flora).</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stems solitary, greater than 15 cm in diam.
|[[Caryota urens|Caryota urens]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stems clustered, 15 cm in diam. or less
|[[Caryota mitis|Caryota mitis]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Caryota
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Arecaceae
|distribution=Native to Asia;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1754
|special status=
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|subfamily=Arecaceae subfam. Arecoideae
|tribe=Arecaceae tribe Caryoteae
|genus=Caryota
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