Desmoncus

Desmoncus
Illustration from Naturalist on the River Amazons
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Arecoideae
Tribe:	Cocoeae
Genus:	Desmoncus Mart.
Species
Desmoncus anomalus Desmoncus chinantlensis Desmoncus cirrhiferus Desmoncus costaricensis Desmoncus giganteus Desmoncus isthmius Desmoncus mitis Desmoncus orthacanthos Desmoncus phoenicocarpus Desmoncus polyacanthos Desmoncus schippii Desmoncus stans

Desmoncus is a genus of spiny palms native to the Neotropics. The genus extends from Mexico in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south, with two species, D. orthacanthos and D. polyacanthos, present in the southeastern Caribbean.

References

• "Desmoncus Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 84 (1824)". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=60346&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=60346&status=true. Retrieved 2007-02-18. 
• Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius: The Book of Palms/Das Buch der Palmen/Le livre des palmiers, introduced by the editor editor H. Walter Lack, Taschen Verlag, Köln, Germany 2010 ISBN 978-3-8365-1779-9