Depending on who's version of Areca lutescens you are referring to, it may mean one of the following species:
- Areca lutescens, hort. = Dypsis lutescens, (H. Wendl.) Beentje & J. Dransf.
- Areca lutescens, Bory = Hyophorbe indica, Gaertn.
- Areca lutescens, ? = Chrysalidocarpus lutescens (per Sunset National Garden Book)sn