List of Coccothrinax species

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Coccothrinax is a genus of fan palms found throughout the Caribbean and in adjacent parts of southern Florida and Mexico. This list of Coccothrinax species includes accepted names according to the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. [1] Most species are small to medium-sized, with maximum heights between 5 and 15 metres (17 and 49 ft). Fifty-four or 55 species are recognised; only one them C. readii , is absent from the insular Caribbean. [2] Two species, C. argentata and C. barbadensis, are widespread, while most of the others are restricted to Cuba and Hispaniola.

Andrew Henderson, Gloria Galeano and Rodrigo Bernal only recognised 14 species of Coccothrinax in their Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas [3] while Brett Jestrow and colleagues recognised 54. [2] The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 55 species. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Govaerts, R.; J. Henderson; S.F. Zona; D.R. Hodel; A. Henderson (2006). "World Checklist of Arecaceae". The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 2007-02-21. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
  2. 1 2 Jestrow, Brett; Peguero, Brígido; Jiménez, Francisco; Verdecia, Raúl; González-Oliva, Lisbet; Moya, Celio E.; Cinea, William; Griffith, M. Patrick; Meerow, Alan W. (2018). "A conservation framework for the Critically Endangered endemic species of the Caribbean palm Coccothrinax". Oryx. 52 (3): 452–463. doi: 10.1017/S0030605317000588 . ISSN   0030-6053.
  3. ↑ Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN   0-691-08537-4.
  4. ↑ Common names for Coccothrinax miraguama - URL retrieved June 24, 2006
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