Calyptronoma

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Calyptronoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Geonomeae
Genus: Calyptronoma
Griseb.
Species

Calyptronoma occidentalis
Calyptronoma plumeriana
Calyptronoma rivalis

Calyptronoma is a genus in the palm family, native to the Greater Antilles. They have pinnately compound leaves with short petioles.

There are three species in the genus - C. occidentalis is endemic to Jamaica, C. plumeriana is found in Cuba and Hispaniola, and C. rivalis is found in Hispaniola and Puerto Rico.

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