Cyrtostachys

{{Short description|Genus of palms}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Cyrtostachys renda (Lipstick pam).jpg

| image_caption = Cyrtostachys renda (lipstick palm)

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Cyrtostachys

| authority = Blume

}}

File:Starr 080103-1380 Cyrtostachys renda.jpg]]

Cyrtostachys is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. Its species are found in southeast Asia, New Guinea, and in some of the South-Central and Southwest Pacific island habitats of the Oceanian realm.{{Cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=54901|title = World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew}}Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Heatubun, C.D., Baker, W.J., Mogea, J.P., Harley, M.M., Tjitrosoedirdjo, S.S. & Dransfield, J. (2009). A monograph of Cyrtostachys (Arecaceae). Kew Bulletin 64: 67-94.

Species:

• Cyrtostachys bakeri Heatubun - Papua New Guinea
• Cyrtostachys barbata Heatubun - western New Guinea
• Cyrtostachys elegans Burret - central New Guinea
• Cyrtostachys excelsa Heatubun - western New Guinea
• Cyrtostachys glauca H.E.Moore - Papua New Guinea
• Cyrtostachys loriae Becc. - Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago
• Cyrtostachys renda Blume - Red candle-wax palm - Thailand, Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra