''Asterogyne'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

in the family Arecaceae native to

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and northern

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, with three of the five known species

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It contains the following species: * '' Asterogyne guianensis'' Granv. & A.J.Hend. - French Guiana * '' Asterogyne martiana'' (H.Wendl.) H.Wendl. ex Drude - Colombia, Ecuador, Central America from Belize to Panama * '' Asterogyne ramosa'' (H.E.Moore) Wess.Boer -

Paria Peninsula The Paria Peninsula () is a large peninsula on the Caribbean Sea, in the state of Sucre in northern Venezuela. Geography Separating the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Paria, the peninsula is part of the mountain range, in the Venezuelan ...

in Venezuela * '' Asterogyne spicata'' (H.E.Moore) Wess.Boer -

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in Venezuela * '' Asterogyne yaracuyense'' A.J.Hend. & Steyerm. - Cerro La Chapa in

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in Venezuela

References

Arecaceae genera Neotropical realm flora Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker {{palm-stub