Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Dictyosperma album group

• Dictyosperma album (Bory) Scheff.: has crownshafts which tend to be green or grey-white, but also yellow or brown. This is the largest and fastest growing of the varieties.
• Dictyosperma album var. aureum Balf.f. in J.G.Baker: has crownshaft that tends to be white. Distribution: Mauritius. Distribution: Rodrigues Island.
• Dictyosperma album var. conjugatum H.E.Moore & J.Guého: has crownshaft that tends to be yellow. Distribution: Mauritius.
• Dictyosperma album var. furfuraceum Becc.: is similar in size to D. album var. rubrum but the leaf tips remain joined even in mature fronds. The leaflets are also more of a velvety blue green colour. Distribution: Round Island.
• Dictyosperma album var. rubrum (H.Wendl. & Drude) L.H.Bailey: same as var. album but with a reddish brown crownshaft, bronze coloured emergent leaves and red leaf edges. The stem measures 20 cm in diameter at waist height and the fronds measure 1.8 m long.