The palm family Arecaceae, previously known as the Palmae, comprises 184 genera and 2550 species (Mabberley 2017) of palms, most of them trees, but a few vines and shrubs, found throughout the tropics and a few extending into temperate areas (like New Zealand and the southern U.S.).  Many species are important for their fruits (e.g., coconuts, oil palms) used for oil and food, and some for their edible apical meristem (“millionaire’s salad”).  Several publications dealing with the palm flora of Samoa have been published, including Wendland (1862), Warburg (1898), Fleischmann & Rechinger (1910), Beccari (1910), Burret (1935), Dowe (1989), Whistler (1992), and Alapetite et al. (2014).   Four native genera occur in Samoa, comprising seven endemic and one indigenous species.