Coccothrinax clarensis

Coccothrinax clarensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Coccothrinax
Species:	C. clarensis
Binomial name
Coccothrinax clarensis León

Coccothrinax clarensis is a palm which is endemic to central and eastern Cuba.^[1] Its name suggests that it has small coconut-like fruit (Greek coccos:berry and thrinax:trident or winnowing fork)^[2] while clarensis comes from Santa Clara valley in Cuba where the species are found.

Two subspecies are recognised: Coccothrinax clarensis subsp. brevifolia (León) Borhidi & O.Muñiz^[3] and Coccothrinax clarensis subsp. clarensis^[4]

Henderson and colleagues (1995) considered C. clarensis subsp. clarensis to be a synonym of Coccothrinax gundlachii and C. clarensis subsp. brevifolia to be a synonym of Coccothrinax pauciramosa.^[5]

References

1. ^ "Coccothrinax clarensis". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=44390&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=44390&status=true. Retrieved 2006-12-08. 
2. ^ "Coccothrinax clarensis at zipcodezoo.com". http://zipcodezoo.com/Plants/C/Coccothrinax_clarensis/. 
3. ^ "Coccothrinax clarensis subsp. brevifolia". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=44391&repSynonym_id=44392&name_id=44391&status=true. Retrieved 2006-12-08. 
4. ^ "Coccothrinax clarensis subsp. clarensis". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=44393&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=44393&status=true. Retrieved 2006-12-08. 
5. ^ 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.