Asterogyne H.Wendl. ex Benth. & Hook.F.

Genus

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae

Characteristics

Small monoecious palms with simple somewhat lobed narrow leaves distinguished from Geonoma by the separate or discrete anthers pendulous from the top of the free part of the filament, disk adnate to the base of the corolla, style terminal, fruit ellipsoid; rachillae few, simple, placed finger-like at or near top of peduncle.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

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Distribution

Asterogyne world distribution map, present in Belize, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326082-2
WFO ID wfo-4000003407
COL ID 8VV9Z
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Synonyms

Aristeyera Asterogyne

Lower taxons

Asterogyne spicata Asterogyne yaracuyense Asterogyne ramosa Asterogyne guianensis Asterogyne martiana