Coccothrinax crinita

Coccothrinax crinita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Coccothrinax
Species:	C. crinita
Binomial name
Coccothrinax crinita (Griseb. & H.Wendl. ex C.H.Wright) Becc.[1]

Coccothrinax crinita (guano barbudo, guano petate,^[2] old man palm, palma petate)^[3] is a palm which is endemic to Cuba. Like other members of the genus Coccothrinax, C. barbadensis is a fan palm. Trees are single-stemmed, between 2 and 10 metres tall with stems 8 to 20 centimetres in diameter. The fruit is black, 0.7-2 cm in diameter.^[2] It usually grows in seasonally flooded savannas, occasionally in hilly areas.

Coccothrinax crinita is frequently planted as an ornamental and the leaves are used for thatch.^[2]

Two subspecies are recognised: Coccothrinax crinita subsp. brevicrinis Borhidi & O.Muñiz^[4] and C. crinita subsp. crinita.^[5]

References

1. ^ "Coccothrinax crinita". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=44397&repSynonym_id=203954&name_id=44397&status=true. Retrieved 2007-11-12. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08537-4. 
3. ^ "Coccothrinax images". Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Guide to Palms. http://palmguide.org/images.php?family=ARECACEAE&genus=Coccothrinax. Retrieved 2007-11-13. 
4. ^ "Coccothrinax crinita subsp. brevicrinis". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=44398&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=44398&status=true. Retrieved 2007-11-12. 
5. ^ "Coccothrinax crinita subsp. crinita". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=44399&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=44399&status=true. Retrieved 2007-11-12.