Coccothrinax borhidiana

Coccothrinax borhidiana
Coccothrinax borhidiana at Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami, Florida Photo by Scott Zona
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Coccothrinax
Species:	C. borhidiana
Binomial name
Coccothrinax borhidiana O.Muñiz

Coccothrinax borhidiana (guano,^[2] Borhidi's guano palm)^[3] is a palm which is endemic to Matanzas Province in Cuba.^[4] Like other members of the genus, C. borhidiana is a fan palm.

Coccothrinax borhidiana is restricted to an area of less than 10 km² on raised limestone beaches near the sea and is threatened by development and livestock grazing.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Coccothrinax borhidiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2007. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 1998. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/38478. Retrieved November 12, 2007. 
2. ^ Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 48. ISBN 0-691-08537-4. 
3. ^ "Coccothrinax borhidiana". Palm & Cycad Societies of Australia. http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Coccothrinax/borhidiana.html. Retrieved 2007-11-13. 
4. ^ "Coccothrinax borhidiana". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=44386&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=44386&status=true. Retrieved 2007-01-31.