Genera Palmarum is a botany reference book that gives a detailed overview of the systematic biology of the palm family (Arecaceae).

His ultimate goal was to produce an authoritative guide to all palms, titled Genera Palmarum.

[6] In 1973 Moore wrote a paper, The Major Groups of Palms and Their Distribution,[7] which presented the outline of his classification of the family.

Uhl and Dransfield continued working on Moore's taxonomy of the palm family, eventually arriving at a classification consisting of 6 subfamilies, 14 tribes, and 36 subtribes.

[3] With the advent of molecular phylogenetics, the classification of the palm family continually underwent heavy revision following the 1987 publication of Genera Palmarum.

In the early 2000s, work began on the second edition of Genera Palmarum, culminating in its final publication in 2008.