A taxonomic revision of the neotropical genus Allagoptera is presented. Four species are recognized. In addition to the systematic position of the genus, other topics covered include anatomy, morphology, chemotaxonomy, phylogeny and evolution, ecology and distribution, uses, and conservation status. ISBN 0-89327-410-0, 36 pp., B&W photographs and line drawings, indexes This is Volume 73 of the Flora Neotopica series. It is one of four monographs bound as one. The works comprising this volume are: Aiphanes (Palmae) by F. Borchsenius and R. Bernal; Roystonea (Arecaceae: Arecoideae) by S. Zona; Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae) by A. Henderson and G. Galeano; and Allagoptera (Palmae) by M. Moraes R.