Burmese fishtail palm vs palmera de sagú

Caryota mitis compared with Caryota urens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Burmese fishtail palm	palmera de sagú
Kingdom same	Plantae (planta)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order same	Arecales (Arecales)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family same	Arecaceae	Arecaceae
Genus same	Caryota	Caryota
Species	Caryota mitis	Caryota urens

Evolutionary Relationship

Burmese fishtail palm and palmera de sagú share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Caryota.

Vista Genus: Caryota

Conservation Status

Burmese fishtail palm

LC — Least Concern

palmera de sagú

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Burmese fishtail palm	palmera de sagú
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Burmese fishtail palm

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burkina Faso, Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

palmera de sagú

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea, Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (India, Maldives, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Burmese fishtail palm

The Burmese fishtail palm (Caryota mitis) is a species in the genus Caryota. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.