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The North American and Caribbean Palms, Arecaceae (Palmae)

(Genera Cry - G)

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by Robert B. Hole, Jr.


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Cryosophila
Desmoncus
Dictyocaryum
Elaeis
Euterpe
Gaussia
Geonoma


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Genus Cryosophila

Cryosophila albida H.H. Bartlett, Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 461:40. 1935.
Range: Costa Rica

Cryosophila argentea H.H. Bartlett, Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 46(2):40. 1935.
Range: Belize

Cryosophila cookii H.H. Bartlett, Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 461(2):39. 1935.
Range: Costa Rica

Cryosophila guagara P.H. Allen, Ceiba 3:174. 1953. "Crysophila"
Range: Costa Rica

Cryosophila williamsii P.H. Allen, Ceiba 3:174. 1953. "Crysophila"
Range: Honduras

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Genus Desmoncus Mart.


60 + spp.
References: Bailey and Bailey 1976

Desmoncus polyacanthus extralimital?
Range: Trinidad and eastern South America (Bailey and Bailey 1976), Panama (Standley 1968)
References: McCurrach 1960, Standley 1968, Bailey and Bailey 1976

Desmonicus qussillarius Bartlett
Range: Belize and Guatemala
References: Bailey and Bailey 1976

Desmoncus anomalus H.H. Bartlett, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 25:84. 1935.
Range: Guatemala

Desmoncus chinantlensis F.M. Liebmann, in K.F.P. von Martius, Hist. Nat. Palm. 3:321. 1853.
Range: Mexico, Oaxaca

Desmoncus anomalus H.H. Bartlett, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 25:84. 1935.
Range: Guatemala

Desmoncus anomalus H.H. Bartlett, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 25:84. 1935.
Range: Guatemala

Desmoncus isthmius L.H. Bailey, Gentes Herb. 6:211. 1943.
Range: Panama

Desmoncus isthmius L.H. Bailey, Gentes Herb. 6:211. 1943.
Range: Panama

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Genus Dictyocaryum


Range: ?
References: McCurrach 1960

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Genus Elaeis Jacq.


syn: Corozo Jacq. ex Giseke
2 spp.

Elaeis guineensis
syn: Elaeis melanococca
Range: Panama
Notes: E. melanococca has erroneously been applied to E. oleifera
References: Standley 1968?, Bailey and Bailey 1976

Elaeis oleifera (HBK) Cortés
syn: Corozo oleifera (HBK) L. H. Bailey
Common name: American Oil Palm
Range: Central America, and northeastern South America
References: McCurrach 1960, Bailey and Bailey 1976

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Genus Euterpe Mart.


20 spp.
References: Bailey and Bailey 1976

Euterpe precatoria Mart.
syn: Euterpe panamensis Burret
Eurterpe macrospadix Ørst
Range: Belize to Peru
References: McCurrach 1960, Standley 1968, Bailey and Bailey 1976

Euterpe globosa
Range: Cuba
References: McCurrach 1960

Euterpe manaele Griseb. & H. Wendl.
Range: Cuba.
syn. Euterpe globosa Gaertner (det. E. A. Kellogg, 1984)

Euterpe dominicana L. H. Bailey
Range: Dominica

Euterpe brachyspatha C.E.M. Burret, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 63:56. 1929.
Range: Costa Rica

Plectis oweniana O.F. Cook, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31:353. 1904.
Range: Guatemala

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Genus Gaussia H. Wendl.


syn: Aeria O. F. Cook
2 spp

Gaussia princeps H. Wendl.
Range: Cuba
References: McCurrach 1960

Gaussia princeps H. Wendland, Nachr. Konigl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-augusts-univ. 1865:328. 1865.
Range: Cuba

Gaussia attenuata (O. F. Cook) Becc.
Range: Puerto Rico
References: McCurrach 1960, Bailey and Bailey 1976

Aeria attenuata O.F. Cook, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28:548. 1901.

Opsiandra maya
Range: Guatemala
References: McCurrach 1960

Opsiandra gomez-pompae H.J. Quero, Principes 26(3):144-149. 1982.
Range: Mexico: Oaxaca

Opsiandra maya O.F. Cook, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 13:182. 1923.
Range: Guatemala: Peten

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Genus Geonoma Willd.


74+ spp.

Geonoma decurrens
Range: Costa Rica
References: McCurrach 1960

Geonoma procumbens
Range: Panama
References: McCurrach 1960

Geonoma deversa (Poit.) Kunth.
syn: Geonoma longepetiolata Ørst
Range: Central and northern South America

Geonoma interrupta (Ruiz & Pav.) Mart.
syn: Geonoma binervia Ørst
Geonoma oxycarpa Mart.
Range: Atlantic slope of Panama, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica

References: McCurrach 1960, Standley 1968Geonoma gracilis
Range: Costa Rica
References: McCurrach 1960

Geonoma dominicana L. H. Bailey
Range: Dominica
syn. Geonoma martinicensis Mart.

Geonoma dulcis Griseb.
Range: Cuba.

Geonoma dussiana O. Beccari, Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16:436. 1920
Range: Guadeloupe

Geonoma epetiolata H.E. Moore, Gentes Herb. 12:28. 1980.
Range: Panama

Geonoma mexicana F.M. Liebmann, in K.F.P. von Martius, Hist. Nat. Palm. 3:316. 1853.
Range: Mexico: Oaxaca

Geonoma polyneura C.E.M. Burret, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11:500. 1932.
Range: Guatemala

References: Standley 1968


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