Coccothrinax pauciramosa

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

Coccothrinax pauciramosa (yuraguana, yuraguana vestida)^[2] is a palm which is endemic to Cuba.^[3] Like other members of the genus, C. pauciramosa is a fan palm. Trees are single-stemmed, between 2 and 5 metres tall (occasionally up 15 m tall) with stems 4 to 8 centimetres in diameter (occasionally up to 20 cm in diameter). The fruit is purple-black, 0.7–1.2 cm in diameter.^[2]

The species found in Camagüey, Holguín and Oriente provinces in eastern Cuba on limestone hills and serpentine savannas.^[2]. It is classified as Vulnerable due to its small population and fragmented distribution.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Coccothrinax pauciramosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2007. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 1998. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/38484. 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 pauciramosa". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=44448&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=44448&status=true. Retrieved 2006-12-08.