Drymophloeus

{{Short description|Genus of palms}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Drymophloeus oliviformis 2 (8029561713).jpg

| image_caption = Drymophloeus oliviformis

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| taxon = Drymophloeus

| authority = Zipp.

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| synonyms = * Coleospadix Becc.

• Saguaster Kuntze
• Rehderophoenix Burret

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Drymophloeus is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is native to New Guinea and nearby islands in Samoa and Maluku.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=64716 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:

• Drymophloeus litigiosus (Becc.) H.E.Moore - New Guinea, Maluku
• Drymophloeus oliviformis (Giseke) Mart. - New Guinea, Maluku
• Drymophloeus whitmeeanus Becc. - Samoa

; formerly included

• Drymophloeus lepidotus H.E.Moore = Veitchia lepidota (H.E.Moore) C.Lewis & Zona - Solomon Islands
• Drymophloeus subdistichus (H.E.Moore) H.E.Moore = Veitchia subdisticha (H.E.Moore) C.Lewis & Zona - Solomon Islands