Prestoea

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Prestoea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Arecales Family: Arecaceae Genus: Prestoea Hook.f.
Species
Prestoea acuminata Prestoea carderi Prestoea decurrens Prestoea ensiformis Prestoea longipetiolata Prestoea pubens Prestoea pubigera Prestoea schultzeana Prestoea simplicifolia Prestoea tenuiramosa

Prestoea is a genus of palms native to the Caribbean, Central and South America. Its ten species extends from Costa Rica and the Greater Antilles in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south.

[edit] References

• Prestoea Hook.f. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 3: 899 (1883), nom. cons. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
• Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano (December 1996). Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Flora Neotropica 72.