Pholidostachys

{{Short description|Genus of palms}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Pholidostachys dactyloides, fruit of the Rabo de Gallo palm (11164033154).jpg

|image_caption = Pholidostachys dactyloides

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|taxon = Pholidostachys

|authority = H.Wendl. ex Benth. & Hook.f.{{cite journal|journal=Genera Plantarum Ad Exemplaria Imprimis in Herbariis Kewensibus|author=Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D.|date=1883|volume=3|issue=2|page=915| url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/656456|title=CLXXXVII Palmae (in note)}}

|type_species = Pholidostachys pulchra

|type_species_authority = H.Wendl. ex Burret{{Cite web|url=http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/40007122|title=Tropicos {{!}} Name - Pholidostachys H. Wendl. ex Hook. f. Type species|last=|first=|date=|website=legacy.tropicos.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-02-12}}

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Pholidostachys is a genus of palms found in Central America and northwestern South America (northwestern Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru).[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=152723 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.Henderson, A. (2012). A revision of Pholidostachys (Arecaceae). Phytotaxa 43: 1-48.