Biology:Coccothrinax pauciramosa

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Short description: Species of palm

Coccothrinax pauciramosa
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Coccothrinax
Species:
C. pauciramosa
Binomial name
Coccothrinax pauciramosa
Burret
Synonyms
  • (León) Borhidi & O.Muñiz León
  • Coccothrinax muricata subsp. savannarum Coccothrinax muricata var. savannarum
  • (León) Borhidi & O.Muñiz Coccothrinax savannarum

Coccothrinax pauciramosa, the yuraguana or yuraguana vestida,[2] is a palm which is endemic to Cuba.[3] Like other members of the genus, C. pauciramosa is a fan palm. Trees are single-stemmed, between 2 and 5 metres tall (occasionally up 15 m tall) with stems 4 to 8 centimetres in diameter (occasionally up to 20 cm in diameter). The fruit is purple-black, 0.7–1.2 cm in diameter.[2]

The species found in Camagüey, Holguín and Oriente provinces in eastern Cuba on limestone hills and serpentine savannas.[2] It is classified as Vulnerable due to its small population and fragmented distribution.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Moya, C. (1998). "Coccothrinax pauciramosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T38484A10116355. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38484A10116355.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/38484/10116355. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 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. 
  3. "Coccothrinax pauciramosa". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?accepted_id=44447&repSynonym_id=44472&name_id=44447&status=true. Retrieved 2019-02-25. 

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