Arecales
Taxonomy
Family: Arecaceae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Beccariophoenix madagascariensis | Jum. & H. Perrier | Coastal beccariophoenix | - | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access |
| Calamus fertilis | Becc. | - | New Guinea | Rediscovered | Access | |
| Calamus nicobaricus | Becc. | ? | India | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
| Calospatha confusa | Furtado | ? | Malaysia | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
| Carpoxylon macrospermum | H. A. Wendland & Drude (1875?) | Carpoxylon palm | - | Vanuatu | Rediscovered | Access |
| Chamaedorea donnell-smithii | Dammer | ? | Central America | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
| Chamaedorea minima | Hodel | ? | Central or South America | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
| Corypha taliera | Roxb. | - | Bangladesh, India & Myanmar | Rediscovered | Access | |
| Cryosophila williamsii | P.H.Allen | Lago Yojoa palm, Root-spine palm | ? | Honduras | Extinct in the wild | Access |
Dypsis acaulis | J.Dransf. | - | Masoala Peninsula (eastern), Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access | |
| Dypsis acuminum | (Jum.) Beentje & J.Dransf. | ? | Madagascar | Rediscovered? | Access | |
| Dypsis ambanjae | Beentje | - | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access | |
| Dypsis ankaizinensis | (Jum.) Beentje & J.Dransf. | ? | Madagascar | Missing | Access | |
| Dypsis anovensis | J.Dransf. | ? | Madagascar | Invalid (nomen. illeg., nomen. superfl.) | Access | |
| Dypsis basilonga | (Jum. & H.Perrier) Beentje & J.Dransf. | ? | Madagascar | Rediscovered? | Access | |
| Dypsis bernieriana | (Baill.) Beentje & J.Dransf. | ? | Madagascar | Rediscovered? | Access | |
| Dypsis betamponensis | (Jum.) Beentje & J.Dransf. | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access | |
| Dypsis bosseri | J.Dransf. | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access | |
Dypsis brittiana | Rakotoarin. | 2005 | Madagascar (northeastern) | Missing | Access | |
| Dypsis canaliculata | (Jum.) Beentje & J.Dransf. | - | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access | |
| Dypsis canescens | (Jum. & H.Perrier) Beentje & J.Dransf. | 1913 | Sambirano area, Madagascar (northwest) | Missing? | Access | |
| Dypsis carlsmithii | J.Dransf. & Marcus | ? | Madagascar (eastern) | Rediscovered? | Access | |
| Dypsis ceracea | (Jum.) Beentje & J.Dransf. | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access | |
| Dypsis commersoniana | (Baill.) Beentje & J.Dransf. | ? | Madagascar | Missing? | Access | |
| Dypsis corniculata | (Becc.) Beentje & J.Dransf. | ? | Madagascar | Rediscovered? | Access | |
| Dypsis curtisii | Baker | ? | Madagascar | Missing? | Access | |
| Dypsis digitata | (Becc.) Beentje & J.Dransf. | ? | Madagascar | Rediscovered? | Access | |
| Dypsis furcata | J.Dransf. | ? | Madagascar | Extinct | Access | |
| Dypsis henrici | J.Dransf., Beentje & Govaerts | 60+ years ago | Madagascar | Missing | Access | |
| Dypsis heterophylla | Baker | ? | Madagascar | Rediscovered? | Access | |
| Dypsis hirtula | Mart. | ? | Madagascar | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
| Dypsis integra | (Jum.) Beentje & J.Dransf. | ? | Madagascar | Rediscovered? | Access | |
| Dypsis lanuginosa | J.Dransf. | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access | |
| Dypsis ligulata | (Jum.) Beentje & J.Dransf. | ? | Madagascar | Extinct | Access | |
| Dypsis linearis | Jum. | ? | Madagascar | Rediscovered? | Access | |
| Dypsis longipes | Jum. | ? | Madagascar | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
| Dypsis lucens | (Jum.) Beentje & J.Dransf. | ? | Madagascar | Extinct | Access | |
| Dypsis mangorensis | (Jum.) Beentje & J.Dransf. | ? | Madagascar | Rediscovered? | Access | |
| Dypsis masoalensis | Jum. | ? | Madagascar | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
| Dypsis monostachya | Jum. | ? | Madagascar | Extinct | Access | |
| Dypsis occidentalis | (Jum.) Beentje & J.Dransf. | ? | Madagascar | Missing | Access | |
| Dypsis pervillei | (Baill.) Beentje & J.Dransf. | ? | Madagascar | Extinct | Access | |
| Dypsis plurisecta | Jum. | 1919 | Madagascar | Missing | Access | |
| Dypsis pulchella | J.Dransf. | ? | Madagascar | Extinct | Access | |
| Dypsis remotiflora | J.Dransf. | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access | |
| Dypsis rivularis | (Jum. & H.Perrier) Beentje & J.Dransf. | (rediscovered?) | Madagascar | Rediscovered? | Access | |
| Dypsis sahanofensis | (Jum. & H.Perrier) Beentje & J.Dransf. | (rediscovered?) | Madagascar | Rediscovered? | Access | |
| Dypsis sambiranensis | (Jum. & H.Perrier) Jum. | ? | Madagascar | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
| Dypsis soanieranae | Beentje | 1938 | Madagascar | Extinct | Access | |
| Dypsis tanalensis | (Jum. & H.Perrier) Beentje & J.Dransf. | - | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access | |
| Dypsis thouarsiana | Baill. | mid-1800's | Ile Sainte Marie, Madagascar | Missing | Access | |
| Hedyscepe sp. nov. 'Norfolk Island' | - | Holocene | Norfolk Island, Australia | Extinct | Access | |
| Hemithrinax ekmaniana | Burret | (rediscovered) | Cuba | Rediscovered | Access | |
| Hyophorbe amaricaulis | Mart. | ? | Mauritius | Extinct in the wild | Access | |
| Medemia argun | (Martius) Wurtt. ex H.A. Wendl. | - | Egypt & Sudan | Rediscovered | Access | |
| Neodypsis compactus | Jum. | ? | Madagascar | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
| Neophloga littoralis | Jum. | ? | Madagascar | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
| Neophloga majorana | Becc. | ? | Madagascar | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
| Neophloga pygmaea | Pic.Serm. | ? | Madagascar | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
| Orania regalis | Zipp. ex Blume | - | New Guinea | Rediscovered | Access | |
| Paschalococos disperta | Dransfield | Rapa Nui palm, Easter Island palm | c.1650? | Easter Island (=Rapa Nui) | Extinct | Access |
| Phloga gracilis | (Jum.) H.Perrier | ? | Madagascar | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
| Pinanga sp. nov. 'Fiji' | - | ? | Vanua Levu & Viti Levu, Fiji | Extinct | Access | |
Pritchardia elliptica | Rock & Caum | pre-1992 | Kumoa Valley, Lanai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Invalid (synonym)? | Access | |
| Pritchardia macrocarpa | Linden ex André | ? | O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
| Pritchardia montis-kea | Rock | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
| Pritchardia sp. nov. 'Atiu' | - | ? | 'Atiu, Cook Islands | Extinct | Access | |
| Pritchardia sp. nov. 'Laysan' | - | 1891 | Laysan, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct | Access | |
| Pritchardia sp. nov. 'Mangaia' | - | ? | Mangaia, Cook Islands | Extinct | Access | |
| Pritchardia sp. nov. 'Rimatara' | - | ? | Rimatara, Austral (=Tubuai) Islands | Extinct | Access | |
| Pritchardia sp. nov. 'Tubuai' | - | ? | Tubuai, Austral (=Tubuai) Islands | Extinct | Access | |
| Ravenea moorei | J. Dransf. & N.W. Uhl | October 1993 | Comoros Islands | Extinct in the wild? | Access | |
| Roystonea stellata | León | pre-1990 | Yagruma Terrace, Maisí region, Cuba | Missing | Access | |
| Sabal miamiensis | Zona | Miami palmetto | ? | Dade County, Florida | Extinct in the wild? | Access |
| Salacca lophospatha | J.Dransf. & Mogea | ? | Sabah, Malaysia | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
| Saribus jeanneneyi | (Becc.) C.D.Bacon & W.J.Baker | - | Grande Terre, New Caledonia | Rediscovered | Access | |
| Syagrus leptospatha | Burret | 1936 | Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | Missing | Access | |
Veitchia filifera | (H.Wendl.) H.E.Moore | (rediscovered) | Taveuni & Vanua Levu, Fiji | Rediscovered | Access | |
| Veitchia petiolata | (Burret) H.E.Moore | 1986 | Vanua Levu, Fiji | Invalid (synonym) | Access | |
| Veitchia pickeringii | (H.Wendl.) H.E.Moore | ? | Fiji | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Family: Dasypogonaceae
—No subordinate taxa
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Appendix: Relocated taxa
Glassman, S. F. (1971). Rediscovery of Syagrus werdermannii. Fieldiana Botany 34(1): 1-10. [Brazil; holotype destroyed during WWII; species relocated with help of local knowledge]