Desmoncus is a genus of spiny palms native to the Neotropics. The genus extends from Mexico in the north to Brazil and Bolivia in the south, with two species present in the southeastern Caribbean (Trinidad and the Windward Islands). Desmoncus chinantlensis Liebm. ex Mart. - southern Mexico and Central America (Veracruz to Nicaragua) Desmoncus cirrhifer A.H.Gentry & Zardini - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador Desmoncus costaricensis (Kuntze) Burret - Costa Rica Desmoncus giganteus A.J.Hend.