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Coccothrinax spirituana is a fan palm which is palm endemic to central Cuba. Populations have been found in Sancti Spíritus and Ciego de Ávila provinces. Its leaves are ash-grey in colour on their upper and lower surfaces, a characteristic which is not found in other members of the genus. The species was described in 2017. Specimens of the palm were collected in Sancti Spíritus Province in 1975 and 1995.
Coccothrinax spirituana is endemic to Cuba and grows in Cuban cuabales, a dry, evergreen scrub on serpentine soils. Moya and colleagues described it as being known from two populations - one in Sancti Spíritus Province, and another the neighbouring Ciego de Ávila Province, while Brett Jestrow and colleagues describe as being known from a single population in Sancti Spíritus Province.
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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.
