Calyptrogyne

Calyptrogyne
Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Geonomateae
Genus: Calyptrogyne
H.Wendl.
Type species
Calyptrogyne spicigera
(K. Koch) H. Wendl.[1]

Calyptrogyne is a genus in the palm family (Arecaceae). It is distributed across Central America, Colombia, and southern Mexico, with 11 of the 17 known species endemic to Panama.[2][3][4][5] Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana is the most widespread and best studied species in this genus.[6]

  1. ^ lectotype designated by N.L. Britton et P. Wilson, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico 5: 113 (1923)
  2. ^ "Calyptrogyne H.Wendl., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 17: 72 (1859)". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Archived from the original on 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
  3. ^ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  4. ^ Grayum, M. H. 2003. Arecaceae. In: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 92: 201–293.
  5. ^ Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
  6. ^ Henderson, A. 2005. A multivariate study of Calyptrogyne (Palmae). Systematic Botany 30(1): 60–83.