''Calyptrogyne'' is a genus in the palm family (
Arecaceae). The distribution of this genus is
Central America
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,
Colombia, and southern
Mexico
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, with 11 of the 17 known species
endemic
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to
Panama
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Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana
''Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana'', commonly called the coligallo palm (Spanish for rooster tail, a reference to the form of the leaf), is an understory palm native to Central America and southern Mexico,Henderson, A., G. A. Galeano & R. Bernal. 19 ...
'' is the most widespread and best studied species in this genus.
[Henderson, A. 2005. A multivariate study of ''Calyptrogyne'' (Palmae). Systematic Botany 30(1): 60–83.]
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Calyptrogyne allenii
''Calyptrogyne'' is a genus in the palm family ( Arecaceae). The distribution of this genus is Central America, Colombia, and southern Mexico, with 11 of the 17 known species endemic to Panama. ''Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana'' is the most wides ...
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(L.H.Bailey) de Nevers - Panama
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Calyptrogyne anomala''
de Nevers & A.J.Hend. - Panama
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Calyptrogyne baudensis
''Calyptrogyne'' is a genus in the palm family ( Arecaceae). The distribution of this genus is Central America, Colombia, and southern Mexico, with 11 of the 17 known species endemic to Panama. ''Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana'' is the most wides ...
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A.J.Hend. - Colombia
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Calyptrogyne coloradensis
''Calyptrogyne'' is a genus in the palm family ( Arecaceae). The distribution of this genus is Central America, Colombia, and southern Mexico, with 11 of the 17 known species endemic to Panama. ''Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana'' is the most wides ...
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A.J.Hend. - Panama
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Calyptrogyne condensata
''Calyptrogyne'' is a genus in the palm family (Arecaceae). The distribution of this genus is Central America, Colombia, and southern Mexico, with 11 of the 17 known species endemic to Panama. ''Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana'' is the most widespr ...
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(L.H.Bailey) Wess.Boer - Panama, Costa Rica
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Calyptrogyne costatifrons
''Calyptrogyne'' is a genus in the palm family ( Arecaceae). The distribution of this genus is Central America, Colombia, and southern Mexico, with 11 of the 17 known species endemic to Panama. ''Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana'' is the most wides ...
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(L.H.Bailey) de Nevers - Panama
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Calyptrogyne deneversii
''Calyptrogyne'' is a genus in the palm family ( Arecaceae). The distribution of this genus is Central America, Colombia, and southern Mexico, with 11 of the 17 known species endemic to Panama. ''Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana'' is the most wides ...
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A.J.Hend. - Panama
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Calyptrogyne fortunensis
''Calyptrogyne'' is a genus in the palm family ( Arecaceae). The distribution of this genus is Central America, Colombia, and southern Mexico, with 11 of the 17 known species endemic to Panama. ''Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana'' is the most wides ...
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A.J.Hend. - Panama
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Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana
''Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana'', commonly called the coligallo palm (Spanish for rooster tail, a reference to the form of the leaf), is an understory palm native to Central America and southern Mexico,Henderson, A., G. A. Galeano & R. Bernal. 19 ...
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(Linden & H.Wendl.) H.Wendl. - Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
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Calyptrogyne herrerae''
Grayum. - Costa Rica
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Calyptrogyne kunorum''
de Nevers - Panama
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Calyptrogyne osensis''
A.J.Hend. - Costa Rica
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Calyptrogyne panamensis''
A.J.Hend. - Panama
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Calyptrogyne pubescens''
de Nevers - Panama
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Calyptrogyne sanblasensis''
A.J.Hend. - Panama
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Calyptrogyne trichostachys''
Burret - Costa Rica
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Calyptrogyne tutensis''
A.J.Hend. - Panama
References
Trees of Central America
Arecaceae genera
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