Coccothrinax acunana

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Coccothrinax acunana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Coccothrinax
Species:
C. acunana
Binomial name
Coccothrinax acunana

Coccothrinax acunana, the sierra palm, [2] is a palm which is endemic to Pico Turquino in Cuba. It grows at high elevations (above 900 m), reportedly higher than any other Cuban palm. [2] Like other members of the genus, C. acunana is a fan palm.

Andrew Henderson and colleagues (1995) considered C. acunana to be a synonym of Coccothrinax miraguama . [3]

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References

  1. "Coccothrinax acunana". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  2. 1 2 Seifriz, William (1943). "The plant life of Cuba". Ecological Monographs. Ecological Monographs, Vol. 13, No. 4. 13 (4): 375–426. doi:10.2307/1948590. JSTOR   1948590.
  3. Henderson, Andrew; Galeano, Gloria; Bernal, Rodrigo (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN   0-691-08537-4.