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Leucothrinax is a small genus of fan-leaved palms, mainly the Key thatch palm (Leucothrinax morrisii), with solitary slender trunks and pale, whitish-backed leaves. It is a hardy, drought-tolerant palm that suits dry, sunny sites and coastal gardens.
Leucothrinax morrisii, the Key thatch palm, is a small palm which is native to the Greater Antilles (except Jamaica), northern Lesser Antilles, The Bahamas and Florida and the Florida Keys in the United States.
Until 2008 it was known as Thrinax morrisii. It was split from the genus Thrinax after phylogenetic studies showed that its inclusion in Thrinax would render that genus paraphyletic. The generic name combines leuco (in reference to the whitish colour of its flowering stalks and the undersides of its leaves) with thrinax.
Leucothrinax morrisii is native to the Florida mainland and Keys, the Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti), Puerto Rico, Navassa Island, Saint Barthélemy, both the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Stems of the plant are used for poles and the leaves are used for thatch and weaving.
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