Pollen profile of bee pollen from semiarid Northeastern Brazil by Viviane Miranda Karam, Tania Maria Sarmento Silva, Francisco de Assis Ribeiro dos Santos

“…Pollen types of Cocos nucifera and Myrcia were found in more than 50% of the samples. The families Arecaceae and Fabaceae showed high beekeeping potential. …”
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The potential of Nypa Frutican as an energy source in Indonesia: A review by Susinggih Wijana, Hendrix Yulis Setyawan, Zhijian Wan, Mingming Zhu, Dodyk Pranowo, Ika Atsari Dewi, Mega Permata Nareswari

“…Nipa (Nypa fruticans Wurmb.) belongs to the Arecaceae family, covering 30% of over 4 million ha of mangrove forest in Indonesia. …”
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A short review on identification of ABCDE genes in monocot plants by Suchilkumar Soorya, Thacheril Sukumaran Swapna, Kalluvettankuzhy Krishnan Nair Sabu

“…More than 60,000 monocot spp. have been identified, the majority of which are economically important, such as the Poaceae, Orchidaceae, Arecaceae, Liliaceae, and certain other families. The involvement of the ABCDE model of floral organ determination during flower development is a growing area of research in the field of molecular biology due to the diversity in the floral morphology of monocots. …”
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Floristic survey of ornamental plants used in Dom Delgado University City at the Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, Maranhão State, Brazil by Luann Brendo da Silva Costa, Camila dos Santos Pires, Jéssica Sousa dos Anjos, Bruna Emanuele Freire Correia, Eduardo Bezerra Almeida Jr.

“….); Malvaceae and Rubiaceae (six spp.); Arecaceae (four spp.); Araceae, Bignoniaceae and Heliconiaceae with three species each were the most representative families in terms of the number of species. …”
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Salivary gland histology of the larva red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (coleoptera: dryophthoridae) by Norzainih J.J., Nurul Wahida O.

“…Red Palm Weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier 1790) is a very destructive phytophagous insect pest to plants under family Arecaceae. The remarkable abilities of RPW to destroy the host plant have been attributed to its feeding behaviors and the functions of the salivary gland. …”
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Levantamento das espécies frutíferas em áreas de agricultura familiar no município de Santarém, Pará by Yasmin Rayol, Eduarda Emilia Magalhães Cristovão, Maria Lita Padinha Correa Romano

“…Destacaram-se as famílias Arecaceae (6 spp.) e Myrtaceae (5 spp.). Em média foram encontradas 14 espécies frutíferas por quintal, evidenciando que o cultivo dessas espécies nos quintais está fortemente associado ao suprimento da demanda alimentos para o consumo familiar. …”
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Phenotypic and molecular basis for genetic variation in jelly palms (Butia sp.): where are we now and where are we headed to? by Camila Fritzen Cidón, Andreia Carina Turchetto-Zolet, Miklos Maximiliano Bajay, Maria Imaculada Zucchi, Enéas Ricardo Konzen

“…Abstract We compiled studies that addressed morphological and physicochemical traits, as well as population genetic studies involving jelly palms, genus Butia (Arecaceae). First, we conducted a bibliometric study with selected articles, by revising the fundamental contributions to unraveling phenotypic traits that have been used for describing the phenotypic variation within and among populations. …”
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Screening of coconut (Cocos nucifera Linn.) shell for its bioactive secondary metabolites and analogous pharmacotherapeutic prospective by V Sreekala, Kamal Nayan Dwivedi, R Rajesh

“…Background: Coconut shell is an inexpensive, easily available, and usually discarded material from the plant source Cocos nucifera Linn. belonging to the Arecaceae family. The internal administration of water boiled with endocarp of coconut fruit (coconut shell) is used as a folklore remedy in Kerala for treating metabolic disorders. …”
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Low temperature extremes influence both the presence of palms and palm species richness in the Atlantic Forest, Southern Brazil by Guilherme A. Elias, Eduardo L. Hettwer Giehl, André L. De Gasper, Joanna M. Tucker Lima, Robson Dos Santos

“… This study examines the relationship between climate and species richness and distribution of palms (Arecaceae) in the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina. …”
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An Overview of Date (<i>Phoenix dactylifera</i>) Fruits as an Important Global Food Resource by Ashgan Al-Karmadi, Anthony Ifeanyin Okoh

“…Dates are the fruits of the date palm belonging to the <i>Arecaceae</i> family; they comprise over 2500 species and 200 genera and constitute an essential part of the daily diet worldwide, with beneficial nutritional, health, and economic values. …”
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SECAPR—a bioinformatics pipeline for the rapid and user-friendly processing of targeted enriched Illumina sequences, from raw reads to alignments by Tobias Andermann, Ángela Cano, Alexander Zizka, Christine Bacon, Alexandre Antonelli

“…SECAPR is particularly useful for the processing of sequence capture (synonyms: target or hybrid enrichment) datasets for non-model organisms, as we demonstrate using an empirical sequence capture dataset of the palm genus Geonoma (Arecaceae). Various quality control and plotting functions help the user to decide on the most suitable settings for even challenging datasets. …”
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Composición florística, estructura y diversidad del bosque pluvial tropical de la subcuenca del río Munguidó, Quibdó, Chocó, Colombia by Víctor Eleazar Mena-Mosquera, Hernán J. Andrade C., Jhon Jerley Torres-Torres

“…Este ecosistema se caracteriza por poseer una alta riqueza y diversidad de especies y poca presencia de individuos de la familia Arecaceae.…”
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Searching for food in a concrete jungle: feeding ecology of a Psittacine assemblage (Aves, Psittacidae) in a major Amazonian city by CRISTIANE S. SOARES, ADRIAN A. BARNETT, VERIDIANA V. SCUDELLER, SÉRGIO H. BORGES

“…Parrot diets were dominated by native palm species (Arecaceae). Exotic plants, however, constituted an important portion of the diet of some parrots. …”
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Population structure, aggregation, and dispersal of Euterpe edulis Mart. at two sites of interior atlantic forest by KAROLINE A. BAGGIO, EDUARDO L.H. GIEHL, JOSÉ F. CÂNDIDO-JÚNIOR

“…Here we checked how plant population structure responds to environmental degradation by quantifying effective seed dispersal and patterns of population distribution for the animal-dispersed palm Euterpe edulis Mart. (Arecaceae). Thus, we assessed E. edulis population structure at two locations with different degrees of fragmentation in the Interior Atlantic Forest (west of the State of Paraná, Brazil), where we registered the density of saplings at increasing distances from adults palms and from large trees in the vicinity (perch-trees). …”
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Spatial patterns of the leaf crown borer Eupalamides cyparissias (Cramer, 1775) (Lepidoptera: Castiniidae) in coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) tropical region by R. C. Pinho, P. R. S. Farias, T. F. V. Batista, A. V. F. dos Santos, L. F. Bastos

“…Abstract The leaf crown borer Eupalamides cyparissias (Cramer, 1775) is an important pest of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) and other palms (Arecaceae) of economic importance, attacking the base of leaves, inflorescences, and infructescences, increasing fruit abortion. …”
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Antioxidant Effects of Cocos nucifera L. (Asteraceae) Stem Bark Extracts using Diphenyl-I-picrylhydrazyl; Hydrogen Peroxide and Nitric Oxide Scavenging Assay by D. A. Ambe, C. E. Odiete, J. D. Buba, E. E. Odion

“… Coconut (Cocos nucifera L. (Arecaceae)) supplies nearly all of the basics of life, including food, oil and phyto-medicines. …”
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The Plant Species Diversity of Lasitae Protected Nature Forest and Nearby Area, District of Barru, South Sulawesi by Sari, Rismita, Fauziah, Fauziah, Astuti, Inggit Puji, Susandarini, Ratna, Makmur, Irwan

“…Many potential and valuable plants occur in the forest, 13 plants were highlighted in this paper for its conservation status, the potentiality for various purposes or its uniqueness: Diospyros celebica Bakh. or streak ebony (Ebenaceae), Arenga pinnata (Wurmb.) Merr. (Arecaceae), Phyllanthus lamprophyllus Mull.Arg. (Phyllanthaceae), Cycas rumphii Miq. …”
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Fruit‐breeding drosophilids (Diptera) in the Neotropics: playing the field and specialising in generalism? by Valadao, H, Proenca, CEB, Kuhlmann, MP, Harris, SA, Tidon, R

“…</strong> The 180 species of plants recorded as drosophilid hosts are distributed across the main Angiosperm lineages and fleshy‐fruited orders; plant families that hosted the greatest number of drosophilid species were Arecaceae, Moraceae, and Myrtaceae. The 100 nominal drosophilid species recorded breeding in fruits belong to just over one‐third of Neotropical genera; most species (91) belong to Drosophila . …”

Evaluation of antibacterial activities and toxicity of licuala spinosa's fruits / Nur Izzati Zakaria by Zakaria, Nur Izzati

“…Licuala spinosa (Arecaceae) was used by the natives in Malaysia to treat centipede bites and act as antidote to poisoning. …”
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Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants used by ethnics of Bajau Ubian and Dusun Bonggi on Southern part of Banggi Island, Kudat / Fatin Afinah Abdul Rahman by Abdul Rahman, Fatin Afinah

“…These medicinal plants are come from 27 family namely Acanthaceae, Annonaceae, Apiaceae, Arecaceae, Asteraceae, Bigoniaceae, Bombacaceae, Cyperaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Fagaceae, Iridaceae, Lamiaceae, Malvaceae, Menispermaceae, Myrtaceae, Moraceae, Musaceae, Poaceae, Piperaceae, Pandanaceae, Rutaceae, Ulmaceae, Solanaceae, Sterculiaceae, Verbenaceae, and Zingiberaceae. …”
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