Coccothrinax gundlachii

Coccothrinax gundlachii
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Coccothrinax
Species:	C. gundlachii
Binomial name
Coccothrinax gundlachii León

Coccothrinax gundlachii (yuraguana)^[2] is a palm which is endemic central and eastern Cuba.^[3]

Like other members of the genus, C. barbadensis is a fan palm. Trees are single-stemmed, between 4 and 10 metres tall with stems 7 to 20 centimetres in diameter. The fruit is purple-black, 1-1.3 cm in diameter.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Coccothrinax gundlachii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2007. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 1998. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/38482. Retrieved November 12, 2007. 
2. ^ ^{a b} 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 gundlachii". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=44413&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=44413&status=true. Retrieved 2006-12-08.