- Coccothrinax spissa
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Coccothrinax spissa Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots (unranked): Commelinids Order: Arecales Family: Arecaceae Genus: Coccothrinax Species: C. spissa Binomial name Coccothrinax spissa
L.H.BaileyCoccothrinax spissa (guano,[1] swollen silver thatch palm)[2] is a palm which is endemic to the island of Hispaniola.[3]
Like other members of this genus, Coccothrinax spissa is a fan palm. Stems grow singly and are 3 to 8 metres tall and 20 to 30 centimetres in diameter, usually swollen. The fruit is dark purple, 1.1 to 1.2 cm in diameter.[1] It growns in open areas in dry habitats, or at the margins of woodlands at low elevations (below 400 m above sea level).[1]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Coccothrinax spissa". Palm & Cycad Societies of Australia. http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Coccothrinax/spissa.html. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
- ^ "Coccothrinax spissa". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=44465&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=44465&status=true. Retrieved 2006-12-08.
Categories:- Coccothrinax
- Trees of Hispaniola
- Plants described in 1939
- Corypheae stubs
- Tree stubs
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