Coccothrinax boschiana

Coccothrinax boschiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Coccothrinax
Species:	C. boschiana
Binomial name
Coccothrinax boschiana Mejía & García

Coccothrinax boschiana (guano de Barreras) is a palm endemic to dry forests on limestone on Sierra Martín García ridge in the Sierra de Neiba on Barahona peninsula in the south of the Dominican Republic. This species was first described in 1997.

C. boschiana is palmate-leaved; its leaves have been described as "golden above and silvery below". Trees grow to about 12 metres in height.

References

• "Coccothrinax boschiana M.M.Mejía & R.García, Moscosoa 9: 1 (1997)". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=44387&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=44387&status=true. Retrieved 2006-12-12. 
• "Morici, Carlo. 2002. Coccothrinax boschiana". Palms 41:1. http://www.palms.org/palmsjournal/2002/boschiana.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-12. 

External links

• "Isotype of Coccothrinax boschiana". New York Botanic Garden. http://207.156.243.8/emu/vh/specimen.php?irn=254835. Retrieved 2006-12-12. 
• "Coccothrinax boschiana". Palm & Cycad Society of Australia. http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Coccothrinax/boschiana.html. Retrieved 2006-12-12. 
• Morici, Carlo. 2002. Coccothrinax boschiana. Palms 41:1. [1] – URL retrieved June 24, 2006