Calyptrogyne

Calyptrogyne is a genus in the palm family (Arecaceae). It is distributed across Central America, Colombia, and southern Mexico, with 11 of the 17 known species endemic to Panama.^[2][3][4][5] Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana is the most widespread and best studied species in this genus.^[6]

Calyptrogyne
Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Arecoideae
Tribe:	Geonomateae
Genus:	Calyptrogyne H.Wendl.
Type species
Calyptrogyne spicigera (K. Koch) H. Wendl.[1]

Species

• Calyptrogyne allenii (L.H.Bailey) de Nevers - Panama
• Calyptrogyne anomala de Nevers & A.J.Hend. - Panama
• Calyptrogyne baudensis A.J.Hend. - Colombia
• Calyptrogyne coloradensis A.J.Hend. - Panama
• Calyptrogyne condensata (L.H.Bailey) Wess.Boer - Panama, Costa Rica
• Calyptrogyne costatifrons (L.H.Bailey) de Nevers - Panama
• Calyptrogyne deneversii A.J.Hend. - Panama
• Calyptrogyne fortunensis A.J.Hend. - Panama
• Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana (Linden & H.Wendl.) H.Wendl. - Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
• Calyptrogyne herrerae Grayum. - Costa Rica
• Calyptrogyne kunorum de Nevers - Panama
• Calyptrogyne osensis A.J.Hend. - Costa Rica
• Calyptrogyne panamensis A.J.Hend. - Panama
• Calyptrogyne pubescens de Nevers - Panama
• Calyptrogyne sanblasensis A.J.Hend. - Panama
• Calyptrogyne trichostachys Burret - Costa Rica
• Calyptrogyne tutensis A.J.Hend. - Panama

References

1. lectotype designated by N.L. Britton et P. Wilson, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico 5: 113 (1923)
2. "Calyptrogyne H.Wendl., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 17: 72 (1859)". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Archived from the original on 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
3. Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
4. Grayum, M. H. 2003. Arecaceae. In: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 92: 201–293.
5. Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
6. Henderson, A. 2005. A multivariate study of Calyptrogyne (Palmae). Systematic Botany 30(1): 60–83.