''Clinosperma'' is a palm tree genus 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 ...

. The genus has 4 known species, all

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 ...

to the Island of

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, in the

Melanesia Melanesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It extends from Indonesia's New Guinea in the west to Fiji in the east, and includes the Arafura Sea. The region includes the four independent countries of Fiji, Va ...

bioregion of the southwestern

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Cyphokentia ''Cyphokentia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the palm family endemic to New Caledonia. the genus is named from two Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethni ...

'',Baker, W. J., M. V. Norup, J. J. Clarkson, T. L. P. Couvreur, J. L. Dowe, C. E. Lewis, J. C. Pintaud, V. Savolainen, T. Wilmot, and M. W. Chase. (2011). Phylogenetic Relationships among Arecoid Palms (Arecaceae: Arecoideae). Annals of Botany 108 (8): 1417–32. also endemic to New Caledonia, and sole other genus of subtribe

Clinospermatinae Clinospermatinae is a subtribe of plants in the family Arecaceae. Genera: *''Cyphokentia ''Cyphokentia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the palm family endemic to New Caledonia. the genus is named from two Greek Greek may refer to: G ...

Species

* ''

Clinosperma bractealis ''Clinosperma bractealis'' is a species of palm tree in the palm family The genus is named for two Greek words meaning 'slanted' and 'seed', and the species epithet comes from Latin and translates to 'with bracts', describing the inflorescence. ...

'' (Brongn.) Becc., Palme Nuova Caledonia: 52 (1920). * ''

Clinosperma lanuginosa ''Clinosperma lanuginosa'' is a species 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 ('co ...

'' (H.E.Moore) Pintaud & W.J.Baker, Kew Bull. 63: 69 (2008). * ''

Clinosperma macrocarpa ''Clinosperma macrocarpa'' is a species of palm tree known from a single population at around altitude on Mont Panié, New Caledonia. It was described as the only species in the genus ''Lavoixia'', but has since been moved to genus '' Clinosper ...

'' (H.E.Moore) Pintaud & W.J.Baker, Kew Bull. 63: 70 (2008). * ''

Clinosperma vaginata ''Clinosperma'' is a palm tree genus in the family Arecaceae. The genus has 4 known species, all endemic to the Island of New Caledonia, in the Melanesia bioregion of the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Its closest relative is '' Cyphokentia'',Bak ...

'' (Brongn.) Pintaud & W.J.Baker, Kew Bull. 63: 70 (2008).

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* Clinospermatinae Endemic flora of New Caledonia Trees of New Caledonia Arecaceae genera Taxa named by Odoardo Beccari {{Areceae-stub