Copernicia rigida | |
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Copernicia rigida in the Cupaynicú Botanical Garden, Cuba | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Tribe: | Trachycarpeae |
Genus: | Copernicia |
Species: | C. rigida |
Binomial name | |
Copernicia rigida | |
Copernicia rigida (commonly known as the jata palm [2] ) is a type of palm endemic to eastern and central Cuba. [3]
Prosopis nigra is a South American leguminous tree species that inhabits the Gran Chaco ecoregion, in Argentina and Paraguay. It is known as algarrobo negro in Spanish, which means "black carob tree". It is also variously called algarrobo dulce, algarrobo morado and algarrobo amarillo.
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. The genus is named after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. In some of the species, the leaves are coated with a thin layer of wax, known as carnauba wax.
Livistona mariae, also known as the central Australian or red cabbage palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae.
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 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 longiglossa is a palm which is endemic to eastern Cuba.
Copernicia macroglossa, is a species of palm endemic to western and central Cuba.
Copernicia molineti is a palm which is endemic to Cuba.
Copernicia roigii is a palm which is endemic to Cuba.
Copernicia yarey is a palm which is endemic to Cuba.