Gaussia

taxobox
name = "Gaussia"


image_caption = "Gaussia maya"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Arecales
familia = Arecaceae
subfamilia = Arecoideae
tribus = Hyophorbeae
genus = "Gaussia"
genus_authority = H. Wendl.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "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.

References

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* George Proctor. 2005. Arecaceae (Palmae). Pp. 135-153 "in" Pedro Acevedo-Rodriguez and Mark T. Strong. Monocots and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. "Contributions from the United States National Herbarium" Volume 52.