''Calyptrogyne'' is a genus in the palm 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 ...
). The distribution of this genus is
Central America,
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
, and southern
Mexico, with 11 of the 17 known species
endemic to
Panama. ''
Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana
''Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana'', commonly called the coligallo palm (Spanish for rooster tail, a reference to the form of the leaf), is an understory palm native to Central America and southern Mexico,Henderson, A., G. A. Galeano & R. Bernal. 19 ...
'' is the most widespread and best studied species in this genus.
[Henderson, A. 2005. A multivariate study of ''Calyptrogyne'' (Palmae). Systematic Botany 30(1): 60–83.]
* ''
Calyptrogyne allenii''
(L.H.Bailey) de Nevers - Panama
* ''
Calyptrogyne anomala''
de Nevers & A.J.Hend. - Panama
* ''
Calyptrogyne baudensis''
A.J.Hend. - Colombia
* ''
Calyptrogyne coloradensis''
A.J.Hend. - Panama
* ''
Calyptrogyne condensata
''Calyptrogyne'' is a genus in the palm family (Arecaceae). The distribution of this genus is Central America, Colombia, and southern Mexico, with 11 of the 17 known species endemic to Panama. ''Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana'' is the most widespr ...
''
(L.H.Bailey) Wess.Boer - Panama, Costa Rica
* ''
Calyptrogyne costatifrons''
(L.H.Bailey) de Nevers - Panama
* ''
Calyptrogyne deneversii''
A.J.Hend. - Panama
* ''
Calyptrogyne fortunensis''
A.J.Hend. - Panama
* ''
Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana
''Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana'', commonly called the coligallo palm (Spanish for rooster tail, a reference to the form of the leaf), is an understory palm native to Central America and southern Mexico,Henderson, A., G. A. Galeano & R. Bernal. 19 ...
''
(Linden & H.Wendl.) H.Wendl. - Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
* ''
Calyptrogyne herrerae''
Grayum. - Costa Rica
* ''
Calyptrogyne kunorum''
de Nevers - Panama
* ''
Calyptrogyne osensis''
A.J.Hend. - Costa Rica
* ''
Calyptrogyne panamensis''
A.J.Hend. - Panama
* ''
Calyptrogyne pubescens''
de Nevers - Panama
* ''
Calyptrogyne sanblasensis''
A.J.Hend. - Panama
* ''
Calyptrogyne trichostachys''
Burret - Costa Rica
* ''
Calyptrogyne tutensis''
A.J.Hend. - Panama
References
Trees of Central America
Arecaceae genera
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