Thrinax

taxobox
name = "Thrinax"

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image_caption = "Thrinax radiata"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Arecales
familia = Arecaceae
subfamilia = Coryphoideae
tribus = Corypheae
genus = "Thrinax"
genus_authority = L.f. ex Sw.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Thrinax ekmaniana"
"Thrinax excelsa"
"Thrinax morrisii"
"Thrinax parviflora"
"Thrinax radiata"
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"Thrinax" is a genus in the palm family, native to the wider Caribbean. It is closely related to the genera "Coccothrinax", "Hemithrinax" and "Zombia".cite book |last=Henderson |first=Andrew |authorlink= Andrew Henderson |coauthors=Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal |title=Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas |year=1995 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, New Jersey ISBN 0-691-08537-4] Flowers are small and bisexual, and are borne on small stalks.

"Thrinax" consists of five species. Three of them are single-island endemics - "Thrinax ekmaniana" is exclusively endemic to hills Mogotes de Jumagua, Cuba while "Thrinax excelsa" and "Thrinax parviflora" are endemic to Jamaica. "Thrinax morrisii" is found in the Greater and Lesser Antilles, the Bahamas and the Florida Keys. The fifth species, "Thrinax radiata", is more widespread - it is present in the in the Greater Antilles, the Bahamas, south Florida, Mexico and Central America.

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