Prestoea

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Prestoea is a genus of palms native to the Caribbean, Central and South America. Its range extends from Nicaragua and the Greater Antilles in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south.[2][3][4][5]

Prestoea
Prestoea acuminata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Euterpeae
Genus: Prestoea
Hook.f.[1]
Type species
Prestoea pubigera
(Griseb. & H. Wendl.) Hook. f.
Diversity
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Synonyms[2]
  • Euterpe Gaertn.
  • Martinezia Ruiz & Pav.
  • Oreodoxa Willd.
  • Acrista O.F.Cook

Species

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References

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  1. ^ "Prestoea Hook. f". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  4. ^ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  5. ^ "Prestoea — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2019-05-08.