Biology:Calyptronoma

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Short description: Genus of palms

Calyptronoma
Palma Manaca (5840534826).jpg
Calyptronoma rivalis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Geonomateae
Genus: Calyptronoma
Griseb.
Species

Calyptronoma occidentalis
Calyptronoma plumeriana
Calyptronoma rivalis

Synonyms

Cocops O.F.Cook

Calyptronoma is a genus in the palm family, native to the Greater Antilles. They have pinnately compound leaves with short petioles. The name was coined by August Grisebach who first described the genus in his 1846 Flora of the British West Indian Islands.[1]

There are three species in the genus.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q144499 entry