1, taxonomic differences: palm trees usually refer to plants belonging to the family of palms, this family has now been merged into the order of palms under the phylum of angiosperms; palm trees refer to plants belonging to the family of palms, this family is a family of palms.

2, morphological characteristics: palm trees usually refers to some of the plants in the palm family, such as the genus Palmetto, they usually have an erect trunk, leaves large and palmate split, dioecious, the fruit is a drupe; palm trees refers to another type of plants in the palm family, such as the oil palm genus of plants, they also have an erect trunk, leaves pinnatisect, dioecious, the fruit is a drupe, usually with a very high oil content The fruit is a drupe, which usually has a high oil content.