Desmoncus
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| Desmoncus | |
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| Illustration from Naturalist on the River Amazons | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
| Tribe: | Cocoeae |
| Genus: | Desmoncus Mart. |
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Desmoncus anomalus | |
Desmoncus is a genus of spiny palms native to the Neotropics. The genus extends from Mexico in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south, with two species, D. orthacanthos and D. polyacanthos, present in the southeastern Caribbean.
References
- "Desmoncus Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 84 (1824)". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
- Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius: The Book of Palms/Das Buch der Palmen/Le livre des palmiers, introduced by the editor editor H. Walter Lack, Taschen Verlag, Köln, Germany 2010 ISBN 978-3-8365-1779-9
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