In the first edition of Genera Palmarum (1987), Natalie Uhl and John Dransfield placed the genus Thrinax in subfamily Coryphoideae, tribe Corypheae and subtribe Thrinacinae.
In the first edition of Genera Palmarum (1987), Natalie Uhl and John Dransfield placed the Thrinax genus within the framework of the subfamily Coryphoideae, which is a component of the broader tribe Corypheae and is further subdivided into the subtribe Thrinacinae.