Geonoma
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Geonoma is a genus of small to medium-sized palms native to the forest understorey of tropical Central and South America.
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Geonoma | |
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Young Geonoma undata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
Tribe: | Geonomateae |
Genus: | Geonoma Willd. |
Species | |
64, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Gynestum Poit. |
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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]