page_title: List of palms native to the Caribbean
section_title: Euterpe
hierarchical_section_title: List of palms native to the Caribbean / Genera / Euterpe
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Açaí-Palme (Euterpe oleracea) im Garten des Palácio Lauro Sodré in Belem (Brasilien) Português: Açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.). Palmae. Açaizeiro no jardim interno do Palácio Lauro Sodré, em Belém do Pará (Brasil)
context_page_description: Palms are symbolically important in the Caribbean, appearing on the coats of arms of several Caribbean nations and on the flag of the West Indies cricket team. In 2004, Carlo Morici reported that there are about 191 genera and 2339 species of Arecaceae, the palm family. Their distribution is biased toward islands - 36% of genera and 52% of species are found only on islands, while 32% of genera and 6% of species are found only on continents. Sixty-two percent of monotypic genera are found only on islands.
  Phytogeographically, the Caribbean region is often considered to include the coastal plains of the United States, Mexico, Belize, Colombia and Venezuela. Most species either have a wide distribution which includes part of the Caribbean, or are endemic to the Greater Antilles. Of the islands in the Caribbean, Cuba has the most species of palm, followed by Hispaniola. The Windward and Leeward Islands have the fewest. The palm flora of Trinidad and Tobago consists primarily of species with a South American distribution. Three genera of palm are endemic to the Greater Antilles: Calyptronoma, Hemithrinax and Zombia.
context_section_description: Euterpe consists of seven slender-stemmed, pinnate-leaved palms native to the Caribbean, Central and South America. The genus has been described as containing "the most beautiful American palms". Four of the seven species are restricted to South America away from the Caribbean, two are found in Central and South America and the insular Caribbean, and E. broadwayi is endemic to the eastern Caribbean.
  Euterpe broadwayi: Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago.
  Euterpe oleracea: Trinidad and Tobago (also tropical South America).
  Euterpe precatoria: Trinidad and Tobago (also Central and South America).
caption: Euterpe oleracea
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