Pseudophoenix

Pseudophoenix
Pseudophoenix sargentii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Ceroxyloideae
Tribe: Cyclospatheae
O.F.Cook
Genus: Pseudophoenix
H.Wendl. ex Sarg.
Species
Synonyms
  • Sargentia H.Wendl. & Drude ex Salomon
  • Cyclospathe O.F.Cook
  • Chamaephoenix H.Wendl. ex Curtiss

Pseudophoenix is a genus of palms which is native to the wider Caribbean. Three species of the four species are endemic to Hispaniola, while the fourth, P. sargentii, is widely distributed in the northern Caribbean (Greater Antilles, Windward Islands, Bahamas), Florida, and the Yucatán Peninsula (Belize and southeastern Mexico).

Trees in this genus are medium to large palms with single, unclustered trunks. They lack spines and have pinnately compound leaves. Flowers are green and bisexual; the ripe fruit are red.