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Coccothrinax Spirituana
''Coccothrinax spirituana'' is a fan palm which is palm endemic to central Cuba. Populations have been found in Sancti Spíritus and Ciego de Ávila provinces. Its leaves are ash-grey in colour on their upper and lower surfaces, a characteristic which is not found in other members of the genus. The species was described in 2017. Specimens of the palm were collected in Sancti Spíritus Province in 1975 and 1995. Description ''Coccothrinax spirituana'' is a small, thornless, single-stemmed palm that reaches a height of . The stems are in diameter. The stems of younger trees are covered with old leaf sheaths, but they become bare in older individuals. The leaf sheaths, which wrap around the trunk of the palm, are long, the petioles are and the central segments of the leaf blade are long. The leaf blades are bluish silver or ash-grey, a feature which is absent from other members of the genus ''Coccothrinax''. Taxonomy ''Coccothrinax'' has a circum-Caribbean distribution, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raúl Verdecia Pérez
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List Of Coccothrinax Species
''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 Correct name, accepted names according to the ''World Checklist of Selected Plant Families''. 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 ''Coccothrinax readii, C. readii'', is absent from the insular Caribbean. Two species, ''C. argentata'' and ''C. barbadensis'', are widespread, while most of the others are restricted to Cuba and Hispaniola. Andrew Henderson (botanist), Andrew Henderson, Gloria Galeano Garcés, Gloria Galeano and Rodrigo Bernal only recognised 14 species of ''Coccothrinax'' in their ''Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas'' while Brett Jestrow and colleagues recognised 54. The ''World Checklist of Selected Plant Families'' recognises 55 species. *''Coccothrinax acuminata'' O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
