''Clinosperma'' is a palm tree genus in the family

Arecaceae The Arecaceae () is a family (biology), family of perennial plant, perennial, flowering plants in the Monocotyledon, monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbing palm, climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly k ...

. The genus has 4 known species, all

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to the Island of

New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...

, in the

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bioregion of the southwestern

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> Its closest relative is ''

Cyphokentia ''Cyphokentia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the palm family endemic to New Caledonia. the genus is named from two Greek words meaning "tumor" and "Kentia", a former palm genus, and the species name translates to "large" and "spike", describ ...

'',Baker, W. J., M. V. Norup, J. J. Clarkson, T. L. P. Couvreur, J. L. Dowe, C. E. Lewis, J. C. Pintaud, V. Savolainen, T. Wilmot, and M. W. Chase. (2011). Phylogenetic Relationships among Arecoid Palms (Arecaceae: Arecoideae). Annals of Botany 108 (8): 1417–32. also endemic to New Caledonia, and the sole other genus of the subtribe

Clinospermatinae Clinospermatinae is a subtribe of plants in the family Arecaceae The Arecaceae () is a family (biology), family of perennial plant, perennial, flowering plants in the Monocotyledon, monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbing p ...

Species

* '' Clinosperma bractealis'' (Brongn.) Becc., Palme Nuova Caledonia: 52 (1920). * '' Clinosperma lanuginosa'' (H.E.Moore) Pintaud & W.J.Baker, Kew Bull. 63: 69 (2008). * '' Clinosperma macrocarpa'' (H.E.Moore) Pintaud & W.J.Baker, Kew Bull. 63: 70 (2008). * '' Clinosperma vaginata'' (Brongn.) Pintaud & W.J.Baker, Kew Bull. 63: 70 (2008).

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* Clinospermatinae Endemic flora of New Caledonia Trees of New Caledonia Arecaceae genera Taxa named by Odoardo Beccari {{Areceae-stub