Coccothrinax acunana

Coccothrinax acunana
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Coccothrinax
Species:	C. acunana
Binomial name
Coccothrinax acunana León [2]

Coccothrinax acunana is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae . ^{[3] [4]} It is sometimes referred to by the common name sierra palm, ^[5] and is endemic to Pico Turquino in Cuba. It grows at high elevations (above 900 m), reportedly higher than any other Cuban palm. ^[5] 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 . ^[6]

References

1. Verdecia Pérez, R.M.; Díaz-Hernández, I.D. (2025). "Coccothrinax acunana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2025: e.T87706409A248270813. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS.T87706409A248270813.es . Retrieved June 18, 2025.
2. "Coccothrinax acunana". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
3. "Coccothrinax acunana León". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
4. "Coccothrinax acunana León". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
5. Seifriz, William (1943). "The plant life of Cuba". Ecological Monographs. 13 (4). Ecological Monographs, Vol. 13, No. 4: 375–426. doi:10.2307/1948590. JSTOR   1948590.
6. 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.