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Swollen Silver Thatch Palm

Coccothrinax salvatoris

Swollen Silver Thatch Palm
Photo: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0
Family
Arecaceae (Palm family)
Grows as
Palm
Native range
EC. & E. Cuba
Climate
wet tropical

About

Coccothrinax salvatoris is a species of flowering plant in the palm family, Arecaceae. It is endemic to eastern and east central Cuba. It grows up to 8 meters (26 ft) tall, and is found in open terrain less than 500 meters (1,600 ft) above sea level in areas with soils derived from limestone.

Two subspecies are recognised:

Other Coccothrinax plants

Coccothrinax acunana · Coccothrinax alexandri · Silver Thatch Palm · Florida silver palm · Silver Thatch Palm · Coccothrinax baracoensis · Puerto Rico silver palm · Coccothrinax bermudezii · Coccothrinax borhidiana · Barrera Silver Thatch Palm · Coccothrinax camagueyana · Coccothrinax clarensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Coccothrinax salvatoris 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.

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