Gaussia

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Gaussia
Gaussia maya
Gaussia maya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Hyophorbeae
Genus: Gaussia
H. Wendl.
Species

Gaussia attenuata
Gaussia gomez-pompae
Gaussia maya
Gaussia princeps
Gaussia spirituana

Gaussia is a genus in the palm family, native to Mexico, Central America and the the Greater Antilles. They are solitary, unarmed, and have pinnately compound leaves. The trees have enlarged bases and prop-roots.

There are five species in the genus - G. attenuata which is found in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, G. gomez-pompae which is found in the Mexican states of Chiapas, Oaxaca and Veracruz, G. maya which is found in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala, G. princeps which is found in western Cuba, and G. spirituana which is found in the Sierra de Jatibonico in east-central Cuba.

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