Asterogyne

{{Short description|Genus of palms}}

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|image = Asterogyne martiana.jpg

|image_caption = Asterogyne martiana

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|taxon = Asterogyne

|authority = H.Wendl. ex Hook.f.

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• Aristeyera H.E.Moore

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Asterogyne is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae native to Central America and northern South America, with three of the five known species endemic to Venezuela.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=17421 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

It contains the following species:

• Asterogyne guianensis Granv. & A.J.Hend. - French Guiana
• Asterogyne martiana (H.Wendl.) H.Wendl. ex Drude - Colombia, Ecuador, Central America from Belize to Panama
• Asterogyne ramosa (H.E.Moore) Wess.Boer - Paria Peninsula in Venezuela
• Asterogyne spicata (H.E.Moore) Wess.Boer - Miranda State in Venezuela
• Asterogyne yaracuyense A.J.Hend. & Steyerm. - Cerro La Chapa in Lara State in Venezuela