Copernicia berteroana

Copernicia berteroana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Copernicia
Species:	C. berteroana
Binomial name
Copernicia berteroana Becc.

Copernicia berteroana (dyaré, yarey)^[1] is a palm which is endemic to Hispaniola;^[2] it is also reported from Curaçao, but probably as a cultivated species.^[1] Like other members of this genus, C. berteroana is a fan palm. Trees are 4 to 5 metres tall with stems 20 centimetres in diameter. The fruit is black, 2 centimetres long and 1.8 cm in diameter.^[1] The leaves are used for thatch.^[1]

Copernicia berteroana is found in flat regions with low rainfall. In Haiti it is threatened by habitat destruction.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} 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. 
2. ^ "Copernicia berteroana". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=46682&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=46682&status=true. Retrieved 2006-12-08.