Coccothrinax ekmanii

Coccothrinax ekmanii
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Coccothrinax
Species:	C. ekmanii
Binomial name
Coccothrinax ekmanii Burret

Coccothrinax ekmanii (gwenn)^[2] is a palm which is endemic to the island of Hispaniola.^[3] Like other members of the genus, C. ekmanii is a fan palm. Trees are single-stemmed, between 3 and 15 metres tall with stems 5 to 8 (occasionally 20) centimetres in diameter. The fruit is brownish, 5–6 millimetres in diameter.^[2] It grows on rocky hills or in dry scrub forest on limestone.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Coccothrinax ekmanii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2007. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 1998. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/38481. Retrieved November 12, 2007. 
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 ekmanii". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=44405&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=44405&status=true. Retrieved 2006-12-08.