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|familia=Arecaceae
 
|familia=Arecaceae
|genus=Syagrus  
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|genus=Syagrus
 
|habit=palm-cycad
 
|habit=palm-cycad
 
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
 
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|image=Parque Nacional El Palmar (5).jpg
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|image_caption=''Syagrus yatay'' in Parque Nacional El Palmar, Argentina
 
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Describe the plant here...
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'''''Syagrus''''' is a [[genus]] of 30 to 42 [[species]] of [[Arecaceae]] (palms), native to [[South America]], with one species endemic to the [[Lesser Antilles]]. The genus is closely related to the ''Cocos'', or coconut genus, and many ''Syagrus'' species produce edible seeds similar to the coconut.
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Palms in this group have solitary trunks, clusters, and subterranean stems.  [[Crownshaft]]s are not present in the genus; [[inflorescences]] emerge from the leaf crown. [[leaf|Leaves]] are [[pinnate]], often recurved, from 2 to 5 m.  They are [[monoecious]], producing white or off-white [[unisexual]] [[flowers]] of both sexes. The woody [[bract]] is spoon or boat-shaped.
    
==Cultivation==
 
==Cultivation==
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==Varieties==
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==Species==
 
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*''[[Syagrus amara]]'' - Overtop Palm
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*''[[Syagrus bottryophora]]''
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*''[[Syagrus cearensis]]''
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*''[[Syagrus coronata]]'' - Licuri Palm
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*''[[Syagrus flexuosa]]''
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*''[[Syagrus glaucescens]]''
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*''[[Syagrus macrocarpa]]''
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*''[[Syagrus oleracea]]''
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*''[[Syagrus orinocensis]]''
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*''[[Syagrus picrophylla]]''
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*''[[Syagrus romanzoffiana]]'' - Queen Palm
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*''[[Syagrus sancona]]''
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*''[[Syagrus schizophylla]]'' - Arikury Palm
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*''[[Syagrus stratincola]]''
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*''[[Syagrus stenopetala]]''
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*''[[Syagrus yatay]]'' - Yatay Palm
    
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==