Biology:Coccothrinax montana

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Short description: Species of palm

Coccothrinax montana
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Coccothrinax
Species:
C. montana
Binomial name
Coccothrinax montana
Burret

Coccothrinax montana is a palm which is endemic to Hispaniola.[1] The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains.[2]

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

References

  1. "Coccothrinax montana". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?accepted_id=44441&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=44441&status=true. Retrieved 2019-02-25. 
  2. Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 239, at Google Books
  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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