Astrocaryum
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| Astrocaryum | |
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| Astrocaryum aculeatissimum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
| Tribe: | Cocoseae |
| Genus: | Astrocaryum G.Mey. |
| Type species | |
| Astrocaryum aculeatum G.Mey. | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Astrocaryum is a genus of about 36[2] to 40 species of palms native to Central and South America and Trinidad.[1]
Astrocaryum is a genus of spiny palms with pinnately compound leaves–rows of leaflets emerge on either side of the axis of the leaf in a feather-like or fern-like pattern. Some species are single-stemmed, while others grow in multi-stemmed (caespitose) clumps. They are pleonanthic—they flower repeatedly over the course of their lifespan—and monoecious, meaning that there are separate male and female flowers, but individuals plants bear both types of flowers.[1]
