Biology:Coccothrinax boschiana

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Short description: Species of palm

Coccothrinax boschiana
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Coccothrinax
Species:
C. boschiana
Binomial name
Coccothrinax boschiana
Mejía & García, 1997

Coccothrinax boschiana (guano de Barreras) is a palm endemic to dry forests on limestone on the Sierra Martín García ridge and Sierra de Neiba on the Barahona Peninsula in the south of the Dominican Republic on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. This species was first described in 1997.

Description

C. boschiana is palmate-leaved; its leaves have been described as "golden above and silvery below". Trees grow to about 12 metres in height.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5139213 entry