Astrocaryum

taxobox
name = "Astrocaryum"

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image_caption = "Astrocaryum aculeatissimum"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Arecales
familia = Arecaceae
subfamilia = Arecoideae
tribus = Cocoeae
genus = "Astrocaryum"
genus_authority = G.Mey.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text|

Astrocaryum is a genus of 36 species of palms native to Atlantic Forest and Amazon Rainforest in Central America and South America.

;Species

The best-known member of the genus is "Astrocaryum vulgare", typical in the Pará state of Brazil.

"Astrocaryum mexicanum" is a common palm of the Caribbean coast of Central America. In Belize it is known as the "warree cohune" as its spines are said to resemble the bristles of the white-lipped peccary or warree (cohune is the name of a different palm).

References

* [http://www.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Astrocaryum&page=quickSearch Kew Palms Checklist: "Astrocaryum"]