| Geonoma | |
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| Young Geonoma undata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
| Tribe: | Geonomateae |
| Genus: | Geonoma Willd. |
| Species | |
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64, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gynestum Poit. | |
Geonoma is a genus of small to medium-sized palms native to the forest understorey of tropical Central and South America.
This palm genus is one of the largest in the Neotropics.[1] Its 64 species are distributed from Mexico and Haiti in the north to Paraguay in the south; two are found in the Lesser Antilles.[2]
- ^ Henderson, Andrew; Galeano-Garces, Gloria; Bernal, Rodrigo (1997). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton University Press. pp. 214–215. ISBN 0691016003.
- ^ Morici, C. (2004). "Palmeras e islas: la insularidad en una de las familias más diversas del reino vegetal". Ecología insular/Island ecology: 81–122.