Calyptronoma

Calyptronoma is a genus in the palm family, native to the Greater Antilles. They have pinnately compound leaves with short petioles. The name was coined by August Grisebach who first described the genus in his 1846 Flora of the British West Indian Islands.^[1]

Calyptronoma
Calyptronoma rivalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Arecoideae
Tribe:	Geonomateae
Genus:	Calyptronoma Griseb.
Species
Calyptronoma occidentalis Calyptronoma plumeriana Calyptronoma rivalis
Synonyms
Cocops O.F.Cook

There are three species in the genus.

• Calyptronoma occidentalis — endemic to Jamaica
• Calyptronoma plumeriana — Cuba and Hispaniola
• Calyptronoma rivalis — Hispaniola and Puerto Rico