| Copernicia longiglossa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Copernicia |
| Species: | C. longiglossa |
| Binomial name | |
| Copernicia longiglossa | |
Copernicia longiglossa is a palm which is endemic to eastern Cuba. [1]
Copernicia is a genus of palms native to South America and the Greater Antilles. Of the known species and nothospecies (hybrids), 22 of the 27 are endemic to Cuba. They are fan palms, with the leaves with a bare petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets. The species are small to medium-sized trees growing to 5–30 m tall, typically occurring close to streams and rivers in savanna habitats.
Copernicia baileyana (yarey) is a palm which is endemic to eastern and central Cuba. Like other members of this genus, C. baileyana is a fan palm. Trees are 10 to 20 metres tall with stems 40 centimetres in diameter and are sometimes swollen. The fruit is black, 1.8 to 2.3 centimetres long and 1.8 to 2 cm in diameter.
Copernicia berteroana is a palm which is endemic to Hispaniola; it is also reported from Curaçao and Venezuela, but it is probably naturalized there.
Copernicia brittonorum is a palm which is endemic to western and west central Cuba.
Copernicia cowellii is a palm which is endemic to Camagüey Province, Cuba.
Copernicia curbeloi is a palm which is endemic to Cuba.
Copernicia curtissii is a palm which is endemic to Cuba.
Copernicia ekmanii is a palm which is endemic to northern Haiti.
Copernicia fallaensis is a palm which is endemic to Cuba.
Copernicia gigas is a palm which is endemic to eastern Cuba.
Copernicia glabrescens is a palm which is endemic to western and west central Cuba.
Copernicia hospita is a palm which is endemic to Cuba.
Copernicia humicola is a palm which is endemic to Cuba.
Copernicia molineti is a palm which is endemic to Cuba.
Copernicia rigida is a type of palm endemic to eastern and central Cuba.
Copernicia roigii is a palm which is endemic to Cuba.
Copernicia yarey is a palm which is endemic to Cuba.
Copernicia tectorum is a palm which is native to Colombia and northern Venezuela, where it is known as palma llanera.
The Coryphoideae is one of five subfamilies in the palm family, Arecaceae. It contains all of the genera with palmate leaves, excepting Mauritia, Mauritiella and Lepidocaryum, all of subfamily Calamoideae, tribe Lepidocaryeae, subtribe Mauritiinae. However, all Coryphoid palm leaves have induplicate (V-shaped) leaf folds, while Calamoid palms have reduplicate leaf folds. Pinnate leaves do occur in Coryphoideae, in Phoenix, Arenga, Wallichia and bipinnate in Caryota.
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