Calyptrogyne is a genus in the palm family (Arecaceae). It is distributed across Central America, Colombia, and southern Mexico, with 11 of the 17 known species endemic to Panama.Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Grayum, M. H. 2003. Arecaceae. In: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 92: 201–293.Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana is the most widespread and best studied species in this genus.Henderson, A. 2005. A multivariate study of Calyptrogyne (Palmae). Systematic Botany 30(1): 60–83. Species Calyptrogyne allenii (L.H.Bailey) de Nevers - Panama Calyptrogyne anomala de Nevers & A.J.Hend. - Panama Calyptrogyne baudensis A.J.Hend. - Colombia Calyptrogyne coloradensis A.J.Hend. - Panama Calyptrogyne condensata (L.H.Bailey) Wess.Boer - Panama, Costa Rica Calyptrogyne costatifrons (L.H.Bailey) de Nevers - Panama Calyptrogyne deneversii A.J.Hend. - Panama Calyptrogyne fortunensis A.J.Hend. - Panama Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana (Linden & H.Wendl.) H.Wendl. - Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama Calyptrogyne herrerae Grayum. - Costa Rica Calyptrogyne kunorum de Nevers - Panama Calyptrogyne osensis A.J.Hend. - Costa Rica Calyptrogyne panamensis A.J.Hend. - Panama Calyptrogyne pubescens de Nevers - Panama Calyptrogyne sanblasensis A.J.Hend. - Panama Calyptrogyne trichostachys Burret - Costa Rica Calyptrogyne tutensis A.J.Hend. - Panama
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