''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 The Arecaceae is a family of perennial flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm trees ...

native to

Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...

and northern

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

, with three of the five known species

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

.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 ''Asterogyne'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae native to Central America and northern South America, with three of the five known species endemic to Venezuela.Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1 ...

'' (H.Wendl.) H.Wendl. ex Drude - Colombia, Ecuador, Central America from Belize to Panama * '' Asterogyne ramosa'' (H.E.Moore) Wess.Boer - Paria Peninsula in Venezuela * '' Asterogyne spicata'' (H.E.Moore) Wess.Boer - Miranda State in Venezuela * '' Asterogyne yaracuyense'' A.J.Hend. & Steyerm. - Cerro La Chapa in

Lara State Lara State ( es, Estado Lara, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Barquisimeto. Lara State covers a total surface area of and, in 2015, had a census population of 2,019,211. Toponymy The state is named after a notable ...

in Venezuela

References

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