Desmoncus
Desmoncus is a genus of mostly climbing, spiny palms native to the Neotropics. The genus extends from Mexico in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south, with two species present in the southeastern Caribbean (Trinidad and the Windward Islands). ==Description== Desmoncus is best known as a genus of climbing palms. Twenty-three of the 24 species recognised by Andrew Henderson in his revision of the genus are climbers; only one, D. stans is free-standing. Almost all Neotropical climbing palms belong to Desmoncus—the one exception being Chamaedorea elatior.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderArecales
- FamilyArecaceae
Native toBelize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana
Desmoncus is een geslacht uit de palmenfamilie (Arecaceae). De soorten uit het geslacht komen voor in Centraal-Amerika en Zuid-Amerika, van Mexico in het noorden tot Bolivia in het zuiden. Twee soorten komen voor in het zuidoostelijke deel van het Caribisch gebied, op het eiland Trinidad en op de Bovenwindse eilanden. Soorten Desmoncus chinantlensis Liebm. ex Mart. Desmoncus cirrhifer A.H.Gentry & Zardini Desmoncus costaricensis (Kuntze) Burret Desmoncus giganteus A.J.Hend. Desmoncus horridus Splitg. ex Mart. Desmoncus interjectus A.J.Hend. Desmoncus kunarius de Nevers ex A.J.Hend. Desmoncus latisectus Burret Desmoncus leptoclonos Drude Desmoncus loretanus A.J.Hend. Desmoncus madrensis A.J.Hend. Desmoncus mitis Mart. Desmoncus moorei A.J.Hend. Desmoncus myriacanthos Dugand. Desmoncus obovoideus A.J.Hend. Desmoncus orthacanthos Mart. Desmoncus osensis A.J.Hend. Desmoncus parvulus L.H.Bailey Desmoncus polyacanthos Mart. Desmoncus prunifer Poepp. ex Mart. Desmoncus pumilus Trail. Desmoncus setosus Mart. Desmoncus stans Grayum & Nevers Desmoncus vacivus L.H.Bailey
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Desmoncus is a genus of mostly climbing, spiny palms native to the Neotropics. The genus extends from Mexico in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south, with two species present in the southeastern Caribbean (Trinidad and the Windward Islands). ==Description== Desmoncus is best known as a genus of climbing palms. Twenty-three of the 24 species recognised by Andrew Henderson in his revision of the genus are climbers; only one, D. stans is free-standing. Almost all Neotropical climbing palms belong to Desmoncus—the one exception being Chamaedorea elatior.
thumb|left|Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius's drawing of Desmoncus polyacanthos shows the features of the leaf (sheath, petiole, rachis, leaflets, and cirrus) and the inflorescence with its associated bract.