Cyphophoenix

{{Short description|Genus of palms}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image= Cyphophoenix alba.jpg

|image_caption = Cyphophoenix alba

|display_parents = 3

|taxon = Cyphophoenix

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

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms = *Campecarpus H.Wendl. ex Becc.

• Veillonia H.E.Moore

}}

Cyphophoenix is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It contains 4 known species, all endemic to New Caledonia.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=53854 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. The relationships between Cyphophoenix and some other genera of the tribe Basseliniinae including Physokentia and the New Caledonia endemic Burretiokentia are not clear.Baker, W. J., M. V. Norup, J. J. Clarkson, T. L. P. Couvreur, J. L. Dowe, C. E. Lewis, J. C. Pintaud, V. Savolainen, T. Wilmot, and M. W. Chase. (2011). Phylogenetic Relationships among Arecoid Palms (Arecaceae: Arecoideae). Annals of Botany 108 (8): 1417–32.