Roystonea dunlapiana

taxobox
name = "Roystonea"


image_caption = "Roystonea dunlapiana"
status = EN
status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Arecales
familia = Arecaceae
genus = "Roystonea"
species = "R. dunlapiana"
binomial = "Roystonea dunlapiana"
binomial_authority = P.H.Allen|

"Roystonea dunlapiana" (Yagua, Cabiche) is a Royal Palm native to southern Mexico and Central America. It is a large tree, growing up to 20 metres (66 feet) tall and 38 centimetres (15 inches).cite journal | quotes = no | last = Zona | first = Scott | year = 1996 | month = December | title = Roystonea (Arecaceae: Arecoideae) | journal = Flora Neotropica | volume = 71 ]

The species is found in estuaries and coastal swamps in southern Mexico, Honduras and Nicaragua, and is reported to be "likely to occur in Belize".

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