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Desmoncus
Desmoncus is a genus of spiny palms native to the Neotropics. The genus extends from Mexico in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south, with two species present in the southeastern Caribbean ( Trinidad and the Windward Islands).
- Desmoncus chinantlensis Liebm. ex Mart. - southern Mexico and Central America (Veracruz to Nicaragua)
- Desmoncus cirrhifer A.H.Gentry & Zardini - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
- Desmoncus costaricensis (Kuntze) Burret - Costa Rica
- Desmoncus giganteus A.J.Hend. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, western Brazil
- Desmoncus horridus Splitg. ex Mart. - Trinidad, Venezuela, the Guianas, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
- Desmoncus interjectus A.J.Hend. - Colombia
- Desmoncus kunarius de Nevers ex A.J.Hend. - Panama
- Desmoncus latisectus Burret - Bolivia
- Desmoncus leptoclonos Drude - Paraguay, Brazil
- Desmoncus loretanus A.J.Hend. - Loreto region of Peru
- Desmoncus madrensis A.J.Hend. - Peru
- Desmoncus mitis Mart. - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia
- Desmoncus moorei A.J.Hend. - Nicaragua, Costa Rica
- Desmoncus myriacanthos Dugand. - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
- Desmoncus obovoideus A.J.Hend. - Panama
- Desmoncus orthacanthos Mart. - eastern Brazil
- Desmoncus osensis A.J.Hend. - Costa Rica
- Desmoncus parvulus L.H.Bailey - Venezuela, Colombia, northwestern Brazil, the Guianas
- Desmoncus polyacanthos Mart. - Trinidad, Windward Islands, Venezuela, the Guianas, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
- Desmoncus prunifer Poepp. ex Mart. - Loreto region of Peru
- Desmoncus pumilus Trail. - Colombia, northwestern Brazil
- Desmoncus setosus Mart. - Colombia, northwestern Brazil
- Desmoncus stans Grayum & Nevers - Costa Rica
- Desmoncus vacivus L.H.Bailey - Colombia, northwestern Brazil, Peru