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Pseudophoenix

Pseudophoenix is a genus of palms which is native to the wider Caribbean. Three species of the four species are endemic to Hispaniola, while the fourth, P. sargentii, is widely distributed in the northern Caribbean, Florida, and the Yucatán Peninsula.

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Pseudophoenix
Pseudophoenix sargentii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Ceroxyloideae
Tribe: Cyclospatheae
O.F.Cook
Genus: Pseudophoenix
H.Wendl. ex Sarg.
Species
Synonyms1
  • Sargentia H.Wendl. & Drude ex Salomon
  • Cyclospathe O.F.Cook
  • Chamaephoenix H.Wendl. ex Curtiss

Pseudophoenix is a genus of palms which is native to the wider Caribbean. Three species of the four species are endemic to Hispaniola, while the fourth, P. sargentii, is widely distributed in the northern Caribbean (Greater Antilles, Windward Islands, Bahamas), Florida, and the Yucatán Peninsula (Belize and southeastern Mexico).12345

Trees in this genus are medium to large palms with single, unclustered trunks. They lack spines and have pinnately compound leaves. Flowers are green and bisexual; the ripe fruit are red.6

Species

Image Name Distribution
Pseudophoenix ekmanii Barahona Peninsula and Isla Beata in the Dominican Republic
Pseudophoenix lediniana Tiburon Peninsula in southwestern Haiti.
Pseudophoenix sargentii Northern Caribbean, eastern Mexico, and extreme southeast Atlantic Florida.
Pseudophoenix vinifera Hispaniola.
References

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. Flora of North America, Pseudophoenix sargentii subsp. sargentii
  4. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  5. Carnevali, G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Duno de Stefano & I. M. Ramírez Morillo. 2010. Flora Ilustrada de la Peninsula Yucatán: Listado Florístico 1–326
  6. Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro; Mark T. Strong (2005). "Monocots and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands". Contributions of the United States National Herbarium. 52: 1–405.