title: Lepidocaryeae
text: # Lepidocaryeae
  
  Lepidocaryeae is a tribe of plants in the family Arecaceae. Subtribes and genera in the tribe are:
  
  * Subtribe Ancistrophyllinae – Africa
     * Oncocalamus – Central Africa
     * Eremospatha – Africa
     * Laccosperma – Africa
  * Subtribe Raphiinae
     * Raphia – Africa, Madagascar, parts of South America
  * Subtribe Mauritiinae – northern South America
     * Lepidocaryum – central Amazon basin
     * Mauritia – northern South America
     * Mauritiella – northern South America
  