''Prestoea'' is a

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of palms native to the

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and

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. Its range extends from

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and the

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in the north to

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and

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Prestoea acuminata ''Prestoea acuminata'' is a species of palm tree native to Central America, the West Indies and South America. It was formerly widely harvested in Ecuador for palmito. However, the palm is now uncommon due to overharvesting and is no longer com ...

'' (Willd.) H.E.Moore - Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama), West Indies, northwestern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia) * ''

Prestoea carderi ''Prestoea'' is a genus of palms native to the Caribbean, Central and South America. Its range extends from Nicaragua and the Greater Antilles in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south. * ''Prestoea acuminata'' (Willd.) H.E.Moore - Centr ...

'' (W.Bull) Hook.f. - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru * ''

Prestoea decurrens ''Prestoea'' is a genus of palms native to the Caribbean, Central and South America. Its range extends from Nicaragua and the Greater Antilles in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south. * ''Prestoea acuminata'' (Willd.) H.E.Moore - Centr ...

'' H.E.Moore - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador * ''

Prestoea ensiformis ''Prestoea'' is a genus of palms native to the Caribbean, Central and South America. Its range extends from Nicaragua and the Greater Antilles in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south. * ''Prestoea acuminata'' (Willd.) H.E.Moore - Centr ...

'' (Ruiz & Pav.) H.E.Moore - Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador * ''

Prestoea longipetiolata ''Prestoea'' is a genus of palms native to the Caribbean, Central and South America. Its range extends from Nicaragua and the Greater Antilles in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south. * ''Prestoea acuminata'' (Willd.) H.E.Moore - Centr ...

'' (Oerst.) H.E.Moore - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela * '' Prestoea montana'' (

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) G.Nicholson; (Willd.) H.E. Moore - Greater and Lesser Antilles * ''

Prestoea pubens ''Prestoea'' is a genus of palms native to the Caribbean, Central and South America. Its range extends from Nicaragua and the Greater Antilles in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south. * ''Prestoea acuminata'' (Willd.) H.E.Moore - Centr ...

'' H.E.Moore - Panama, Colombia * ''

Prestoea pubigera ''Prestoea'' is a genus of palms native to the Caribbean, Central and South America. Its range extends from Nicaragua and the Greater Antilles in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south. * ''Prestoea acuminata'' (Willd.) H.E.Moore - Centr ...

'' (Griseb. & H.Wendl.) Hook.f. - Venezuela, Trinidad * ''

Prestoea schultzeana ''Prestoea'' is a genus of palms native to the Caribbean, Central and South America. Its range extends from Nicaragua and the Greater Antilles in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south. * ''Prestoea acuminata'' (Willd.) H.E.Moore - Centr ...

'' (Burret) H.E.Moore - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador. Peru, Brazil * ''

Prestoea simplicifolia ''Prestoea'' is a genus of palms native to the Caribbean, Central and South America. Its range extends from Nicaragua and the Greater Antilles in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south. * ''Prestoea acuminata'' (Willd.) H.E.Moore - Centr ...

'' Galeano - Antioquia region of Colombia * ''

Prestoea tenuiramosa ''Prestoea tenuiramosa'', the Guyana manicole palm or manacachilla, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es ...

'' (Dammer) H.E.Moore - Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil

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