Prestoea

Prestoea is a genus of palms native to the Caribbean, Central and South America. Its range extends from Nicaragua and the Greater Antilles in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south.^[2][3][4][5]

Prestoea
Prestoea acuminata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Arecoideae
Tribe:	Euterpeae
Genus:	Prestoea Hook.f.[1]
Type species
Prestoea pubigera (Griseb. & H. Wendl.) Hook. f.
Diversity
See text
Synonyms[2]
Euterpe Gaertn. Martinezia Ruiz & Pav. Oreodoxa Willd. Acrista O.F.Cook

Species

• Prestoea acuminata (Willd.) H.E.Moore - Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama), West Indies, northwestern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
• Prestoea carderi (W.Bull) Hook.f. - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru
• Prestoea decurrens H.E.Moore - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
• Prestoea ensiformis (Ruiz & Pav.) H.E.Moore - Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
• Prestoea longipetiolata (Oerst.) H.E.Moore - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
• Prestoea montana (Graham) G.Nicholson; (Willd.) H.E. Moore - Greater and Lesser Antilles
• Prestoea pubens H.E.Moore - Panama, Colombia
• Prestoea pubigera (Griseb. & H.Wendl.) Hook.f. - Venezuela, Trinidad
• Prestoea schultzeana (Burret) H.E.Moore - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador. Peru, Brazil
• Prestoea simplicifolia Galeano - Antioquia region of Colombia
• Prestoea tenuiramosa (Dammer) H.E.Moore - Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil