Calyptrogyne

{{Short description|Genus of palms}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana.jpg

|image_caption = Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana

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|taxon = Calyptrogyne

|authority = H.Wendl.

|type_species = Calyptrogyne spicigera

|type_species_authority = (K. Koch) H. Wendl.lectotype designated by N.L. Britton et P. Wilson, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico 5: 113 (1923)

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Calyptrogyne is a genus in the palm family (Arecaceae). It is distributed across Central America, Colombia, and southern Mexico, with 11 of the 17 known species endemic to Panama.{{cite web |url=http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=32719&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=32719&status=true |title=Calyptrogyne H.Wendl., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 17: 72 (1859) |accessdate=2014-08-10 |format= |work=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130802161945/http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=32719&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=32719&status=true |archive-date=2013-08-02 |url-status=dead }}Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Grayum, M. H. 2003. Arecaceae. In: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 92: 201–293.Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana is the most widespread and best studied species in this genus.Henderson, A. 2005. A multivariate study of Calyptrogyne (Palmae). Systematic Botany 30(1): 60–83.