Cyphokentia

Cyphokentia is a genus of flowering plant in the palm family endemic to New Caledonia. the genus is named from two Greek words meaning "tumor" and "Kentia", a former palm genus, and the species name translates to "large" and "spike", describing the inflorescence.^[1] The genus has two known species and Its closest relative is Clinosperma,^[2] also endemic to New Caledonia, and the sole other genus of the subtribe Clinospermatinae.

Cyphokentia
Cyphokentia cerifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Arecoideae
Tribe:	Areceae
Subtribe:	Clinospermatinae
Genus:	Cyphokentia Brongn.
Synonyms
Moratia H.E.Moore

List of species

• Cyphokentia cerifera (H.E.Moore) Pintaud & W.J.Baker
• Cyphokentia macrostachya Pancher ex Brongn.