- Prestoea
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Prestoea Prestoea montana Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots (unranked): Commelinids Order: Arecales Family: Arecaceae Subfamily: Arecoideae Tribe: Areceae Subtribe: Euterpeinae Genus: Prestoea
Hook.f.[1]Species Prestoea acuminata
Prestoea carderi
Prestoea decurrens
Prestoea ensiformis
Prestoea longipetiolata
Prestoea montana
Prestoea pubens
Prestoea pubigera
Prestoea schultzeana
Prestoea simplicifolia
Prestoea tenuiramosaPrestoea is a genus of palms native to the Caribbean, Central and South America. Its ten species extends from Costa Rica and the Greater Antilles in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south.
References
- ^ "Prestoea Hook. f". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?9828. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- "Prestoea Hook.f. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 3: 899 (1883), nom. cons". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=165270&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=165270&status=true. Retrieved 2007-02-20.
- Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano (December 1996). "Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae)". Flora Neotropica 72.
Categories:- Prestoea
- Trees of the Caribbean
- Trees of Central America
- Trees of South America
- Arecales genera
- Palm stubs
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