Coccothrinax acunana

Coccothrinax acunana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Coccothrinax
Species: C. acunana
Binomial name
Coccothrinax acunana
León[1]

Coccothrinax acunana (Sierra palm[2]) is a palm which is endemic to Pico Turquino in Cuba. It grows at high elevations (above 900 m), reportedly higher than any other Cuban palm.[2] Like other members of the genus, C. acunana is a fan palm.

Henderson and colleagues (1995) considered C. acunana to be a synonym of Coccothrinax miraguama.[3]

References

  1. "Coccothrinax acunana". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
  2. 1 2 Seifriz, William (1943). "The plant life of Cuba". Ecological Monographs (Ecological Monographs, Vol. 13, No. 4) 13 (4): 375–426. doi:10.2307/1948590. JSTOR 1948590.
  3. Henderson, Andrew; Galeano, Gloria; Bernal, Rodrigo (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08537-4.


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