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Coccothrinax alta
Coccothrinax alta (also known in Puerto Rican Spanish as palma plateada or palma de abanico, or in the Virgin Islands as Tyre palm) is a palm which is native to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
It is found on limestone substrates in northern Puerto Rico, and on volcanic substrates on the islands off eastern Puerto Rico. It has been recorded from Puerto Rico proper, as well as the islands of Vieques and Culebra; in the Virgin Islands, it has been recorded from Saint Croix, St. Thomas and St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guana Island, Tortola and Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Coccothrinax alta by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
