Coccothrinax yunquensis

Coccothrinax yunquensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Coccothrinax
Species: C. yunquensis
Binomial name
Coccothrinax yunquensis
Borhidi & O.Muñiz

Coccothrinax yunquensis (yuruguana del Yunque)[1] is a palm which is endemic to southern Cuba.[2] It is reported to be restricted to El Yunque, a limestone mountain[1] in Guantánamo Province.

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Coccothrinax yunquensis". Palm & Cycad Societies of Australia. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
  2. "Coccothrinax yunquensis". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2006-12-08.
  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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