List of palms of the Caribbean
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The palm tree is often seen as symbolically important in the Caribbean, appearing on the coats of arms of several Caribbean nations[1] and on the flag of the West Indies cricket team. This list consists of palms which are native to the insular Caribbean (including the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands). Morici (2004) reported that there are about 191 genera and 2339 species in the Arecaceae (the palm family).[2] Their distribution is biased toward islands - 36% of genera and 52% of species are found only on islands, while 32% of genera and 6% of species are found only on continents. Sixty-two percent of monotypic genera are found only on islands.[2]
Phytogeographically, the Caribbean region is often considered to include the coastal plains of the United States (including south Florida), Mexico (especially the Yucatan), Belize, Colombia and Venezuela.[3] Most species either have a wide distribution which includes part of the Caribbean, or are endemic to the Greater Antilles. Cuba has the most species of palms, followed by Hispaniola. The Windwards and Leewards have the fewest.[2] The palm flora of Trinidad and Tobago consists primarily of species with a South American distribution.[4] Four genera of palms are endemic to the Greater Antilles - Calyptronoma, Gastrococos, Hemithrinax and Zombia.[2] Although nearly ubiquitous in the region, the Coconut (Cocos nucifera) is not native to the Caribbean.
Nomenclature follows the Arecaceae section of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.[5]
[edit] Genera
[edit] Acoelorrhaphe
Aceolorrhaphe is a monotypic genus which is distributed around the margins of the Caribbean Sea, from Florida to San Andrés and Providencia, Colombian islands in the western Caribbean. The tree is a slender fan palm growing up to 7 metres (23 feet) tall, usually with many stems clustered together.[6] Aceolorrhaphe is a sister genus to Serenoa (Saw Palmetto), which is endemic to the southeastern United States.[7] The species usually grows in low-lying areas near sea level, often in flooded woodlands or thickets in savannas.[3]
- Acoelorrhaphe wrightii [8]
- Bahamas (Andros, Eleuthera, New Providence), Cuba (west Cuba and Isle of Youth), San Andrés and Providencia (Colombia); also present on the Caribbean coastal areas of south Florida, Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.[3]
[edit] Acrocomia
Acrocomia is a genus of spiny palms found throughout the Neotropics, from Mexico to Argentina and throughout the Caribbean. Since it covers such a large range and is highly variable, as many as 40 species have been described in this genus. Most authors recognise only two species, A. aculeata and A. hassleri[5], but others considers A. media to be distinct from A. aculeata.[9] Caribbean species have single, spiny stems 4-11 m (13-36 feet) tall.[3]
- Acrocomia aculeata [10]
- Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Windward Islands (also Mexico, Central and South America).
- Acrocomia media [11]
[edit] Aiphanes
Aiphanes is a genus of small to medium sized spiny palms. Caribbean species have solitary stems and are 3-18 m (10-59 feet) tall.[3] Most of the 23 species of Aiphanes[2] are found in the Andes; two species occur in the Caribbean, including A. minima, which is endemic to the region. Although many sources (e.g., Henderson et al. 1995[3]) consider the name A. aculeata to have precedence over A. horrida, in keeping with the nomenclature of the Kew checklist,[12] the latter name is used.
- Aiphanes horrida [12]
- Trinidad (also tropical South America).
- Aiphanes minima [13]
- Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and the Windward Islands.
[edit] Astrocaryum
Astrocaryum is a genus of spiny palms native to Mexico, Trinidad, Central and South America; the sharp, flattened spines that cover the trunk can be up to 30 cm (12 inches) long.[3] The Caribbean species has solitary stems, 8-20 m (26-66 feet) tall. There are about 36 species in the genus. One of them, A. aculeatum, occurs in the insular Caribbean, while four others are found in the wider Caribbean: Astrocaryum alatum on the Caribbean coast from Panama to Nicaragua, A. confertum on the Caribbean coast of Panama and Costa Rica, A. mexicanum along the Caribbean coast from Mexico to Niacaragua, and A. standleyanum on the Caribbean coast of Panama.[3]
- Astrocaryum aculeatum [14]
- Trinidad (also tropical South America).
[edit] Attalea
Attalea is a large genus which includes some of the largest Neotropical palms.[3] Three of the 67 species are present in the insular Caribbean, but two of these are only found in Trinidad and Tobago which are on the continental shelf. The third species, A. crassipantha, is endemic to southwest Haiti; due to its very small population size, it is classified as a critically endangered species[15] Three other species occur in the wider Caribbean: Attalea allenii along the Caribbean coast of Panama and Colombia, A. cohune on the Caribbean coast from Mexico to Nicaragua and A. iguadummat on the Caribbean coast of Panama.[3]
- Attalea crassispatha [16]
- southwest Haiti.
- Attalea maripa [17]
- Trinidad (also tropical South America).
- Attalea osmantha [18]
- Trinidad and Tobago (also northern Venezuela).
[edit] Bactris
Bactris is a genus of palms which is found from southern Mexico to northern Paraguay. It is one of the largest and most diverse palm genera in the neotropics. Most species are medium-sized spiny palms with clustered stems. Most of the species present in the Caribbean are spiny trees 1-10 m (3-33 feet) tall with clustered stems and pinnate leaves; B simplicifrons is is smaller (0.5-2 m) and often has simple leaves and no spines.[3]
Seven of the 75 species in the genus Bactris occur in the insular Caribbean. Three species - B. cubensis, B. jamaicana and B. plumeriana are Greater Antillean endemics, while the other four are South American species which extend north into Trinidad and Tobago.[3] Salzman and Judd consider the three Greater Antillean species of Bactris to form a clade with B. plumeriana and B. jamaicana as sister species.[19] Fifteen other species occur in the wider Caribbean: Bactris barronis on the Caribbean coast of Panama and Colombia, B. caudata on the Caribbean coast from Nicaragua to Panama, B. charnleyae on the Caribbean coast of Panama, B. coloniata on the Caribbean coast of Panama, B. coloradonis on the Caribbean coast from Costa Rica to Colombia, B. gasipaes on the Caribbean coast from Mexico to Venezuela, B. glandulosa on the Caribbean coast from Costa Rica, to Colombia, B. gracilor on the Caribbean coast from Nicaragua, to Panama, B. grayumi on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, B. guineensis on the Caribbean coast of Colombia and Venezuela, B. hondurensis along the Caribbean coast from Honduras to Colombia, B. maraja along the Caribbean coast from Costa Rica to Colombia, B. mexicana along the Caribbean coast from Belize to Nicaragua, B. militaris along the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica and B. panamensis along the Caribbean coast of Panama.[3]
- Bactris campestris [20]
- Trinidad and Tobago (also tropical South America).
- Bactris cubensis [21]
- eastern Cuba.
- Bactris jamaicana [22]
- Bactris major [23]
- Trinidad and Tobago (also Mexico to tropical South America).
- Bactris plumeriana [24]
- Bactris setulosa [25]
- Trinidad and Tobago (also Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru).
- Bactris simplicifrons [26]
- Trinidad and Tobago (also tropical South America).
[edit] Calyptronoma
Palms in the genus Calyptronoma have pinnately compound leaves and large, solitary stems 4-15 m (13-49 feet) tall. The genus is endemic to the Greater Antilles, inhabiting wet areas near streams. Calyptronoma is closely related to the Central American genus Calyptrogyne.[3]
- Calyptronoma occidentalis [27]
- Calyptronoma plumeriana [28]
- Cuba and Hispaniola.
- Calyptronoma rivalis [29]
- Hispaniola and Puerto Rico.
[edit] Coccothrinax
Coccothrinax is a genus of fan palms found throughout the Caribbean and in adjacent parts of southern Florida and Mexico. Most species are small to medium sized, with maximum heights between 5 and 15 m (17-49 feet). Only one of the 52 species, C. readii,[30] is absent from the insular Caribbean. Two species, C. argentata and C. barbadensis, are widespread, while the others are restricted to Cuba and Hispaniola.
- Coccothrinax acunana [31]
- Coccothrinax alexandri [32]
- east Cuba.
- Coccothrinax alta [33]
- Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
- Coccothrinax argentata [34]
- Bahamas, Florida Keys[35] and San Andrés Island[3] (also south Florida and southeast Mexico).
- Coccothrinax argentea [36]
- Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
- Coccothrinax baracoensis [37]
- southeast Cuba.
- Coccothrinax barbadensis [38]
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[edit] Colpothrinax
Colpothrinax is a genus of solitary-stemmed pinnate-leaved palms native to Central America and the Caribbean.[3] There are three species of Colpothrinax: C. aphanopetala[83] and C. cookii[84] which are restricted to Central America, and C. wrightii which is a Cuban endemic.
- Colpothrinax wrightii [85]
- southwest Cuba including Isle of Youth.
[edit] Copernicia
Copernicia is a moderately large genus of spiny, palmate-leaved palms found in the Caribbean and South America. The Caribbean species are all Greater Antillean endemics - two species are restricted to Hispaniola, while the others are restricted to Cuba. Three species are absent from the insular Caribbean: C. alba[86] and C. prunifera[87], which are which are found in South America away from the Caribbean, and C. tectorum[88] which is found in northern Venezuela and along the Caribbean coast of Colombia.
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[edit] Desmoncus
Desmoncus is a genus of spiny, scrambling, palmate-leaved palms which range from Mexico in the north to Bolivia and Brazil in the south. Ten of the twelve species in have solely continental distributions. Two species are found on both the mainland and in the insular Caribbean.[3]
- Desmoncus orthacanthos[114]
- Trinidad and Tobago (also tropical South America).
- Desmoncus polyacanthos[115]
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[3] and Trinidad and Tobago (also tropical South America).
[edit] Euterpe
Euterpe consists of seven slender-stemmed, pinnate-leaved palms native to the Caribbean, Central and South America. The genus has been described as containing "the most beautiful American palms".[3] Four of the seven species are restricted to South America away from the Caribbean, two are found in Central and South America and the insular Caribbean, while E. broadwayi is endemic to the eastern Caribbean.[116]
- Euterpe broadwayi [117]
- Euterpe oleracea [118]
- Trinidad and Tobago (also tropical South America).
- Euterpe precatoria [119]
- Trinidad and Tobago (also Central and South America).
[edit] Gastrococos
Gastrococcos is a monotypic genus which is endemic to Cuba[2] It is a tall, spiny palm with a trunk that is slender at the base, but swollen in the middle, giving it the common name "Cuban belly palm" in English.[120]
[edit] Gaussia
Gaussia is a genus of solitary, pinnate palms found in the Caribbean, northern Central America and southern Mexico. There are five species in the genus - three are endemic to the Greater Antilles, while G. gomez-pompae and G. maya are found in the Caribbean coastal region of Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.[3]
- Gaussia attenuata [122]
- Gaussia princeps [123]
- western Cuba.
- Gaussia spirituana [124]
- Sierra de Jatibonico in east-central Cuba.
[edit] Geonoma
Geonoma is a genus of small to medium-sized palms which grow in the forest understorey. The genus is one of the largest in the neotropics.[3] The genus consists of 64 species, two of which are found in the insular Caribbean.[2] Ten other species are found in the wider Caribbean: G. chococola, G. concinna, G. divisia and G. triandra are found on the Caribbean coast of Panama, G. congesta is found along the Caribbean coast from Honduras to Colombia, G. cuneata is found along the Caribbean coast from Nicaragua to Colombia, G. deversa is found along the Caribbean coast from Belize to Colombia, G. epetiolaris and G. longevaginata are found along the Caribbean coast from Costa Rica to Panama and G. triandra is found along the Caribbean coast of Panama and Colombia.[3]
- Geonoma interrupta [125]
- Haiti, Windward Islands and Trinidad and Tobago (also Mexico, Central and South America).
- Geonoma undata [126]
- Windward Islands (also Mexico, Central America and western tropical South America).
[edit] Hemithrinax
Hemithrinax is a genus of palmate-leaved palms which are endemic to Cuba. Many authors[3] include these species in the genus Thrinax.
[edit] Manicaria
Manicaria is a monotypic genus of pinnate-leaved palms. The sole species, M. saccifera is is found from Belize to Brazil and Peru.
- Manicaria saccifera [129]
- Trinidad and Tobago (also tropical Central and South America).
[edit] Mauritia
Mauritia is a genus of palmate-leaved palms. Both species of Mauritia are native to northern South America.
- Mauritia flexuosa[130]
- Trinidad (also tropical South America).
[edit] Oenocarpus
Oenocarpus is a genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Central and South America. Oenocarpus bataua is found in Trinidad and along the Caribbean coast of Venezuela, while O. mapora is found on the Caribbean coast of Venezuela and Panama.
- Oenocarpus bataua [131]
- Trinidad (also tropical Panama and South America).
[edit] Prestoea
Prestoea is a genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Central and South America and the Caribbean. It is closely related to the genus Euterpe. Two species are found in the Caribbean - P. pubigera is found in Trinidad, and P. acuminata is found throughout most of the Caribbean.[116] Four other species, P. decurrens, P. ensiformis, P. longipetiolata and P. pubens are found along the Caribbean coast of Central America.[3]
- Prestoea acuminata [132]
- Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands, Windward Islands and Trinidad and Tobago (also Central and South America).
- Prestoea pubigera [133]
[edit] Pseudophoenix
Pseudophoenix is a genus of palmate-leaved palms found throughout the Caribbean. Three species are endemic to the Greater Antilles, while the fourth, P. sargentii, is widely distributed in the northern Caribbean and adjacent portions of the Central and North American mainland.[2]
- Pseudophoenix ekmanii [134]
- Pseudophoenix lediniana [135]
- southwest Haiti.
- Pseudophoenix sargentii [136]
- Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Florida Keys,[35], Turks and Caicos Islands and the Windward Islands (also Mexico and Belize).
- Pseudophoenix vinifera [137]
- Haiti and southwest Dominican Republic.
[edit] Reinhardtia
- Reinhardtia paiewonskiana [138]
- southwest Dominican Republic.
The five mainland species of Reinhardtia are found in the wider Caribbean, between Mexico and Colombia. The only species in the insular Caribbean is a disjunct endemic on Hispaniola.[3]
[edit] Roystonea
- Roystonea altissima [139]
- Roystonea borinquena [140]
- Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
- Roystonea lenis [141]
- east Cuba.
- Roystonea maisiana [142]
- east Cuba.
- Roystonea oleracea [143]
- Leeward Islands, Windward Islands and Trinidad and Tobago (also Venezuela and Colombia).
- Roystonea princeps [144]
- southwest Jamaica.
- Roystonea regia [145]
- Bahamas, Cayman Islands and Cuba (also Florida, Mexico and Central America).
- Roystonea stellata [146]
- east Cuba.
- Roystonea violacea [147]
- east Cuba.
The genus Roystonea is distributed from south Florida and Mexico south to Venezuela. Seven species are endemic to the Greater Antilles and the Virgin Islands - four of them are Cuban endemics. The only species which is absent from the insular Caribbean, R. dunlapiana, is found on the Caribbean coast of Mexico, Honduras and Nicaragua[148]
[edit] Sabal
- Sabal causiarum [149]
- Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
- Sabal domingensis [150]
- Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
- Sabal maritima [151]
- Sabal mauritiiformis [152]
- Sabal palmetto [153]
- Bahamas and Cuba (also southeast United States).
- Sabal yapa [154]
Six of the sixteen species of Sabal are native to the insular Caribbean. Three of these are endemic to the Greater Antilles and the Virgin Islands. A seventh species, S. bermudana, is endemic to Bermuda. Sabal etonia and S. miamiensis are found along the Atlantic coast of Florida, S. gretheriae is found on the Caribbean coast of the Yucatan, S. mexicana is found along the Caribbean coast of Mexico into south Texas, S. minor is found along the Gulf Coast of the United States.[3]
[edit] Syagrus
- Syagrus amara [155]
- Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique and Saint Lucia; coastal areas below 300 m. [3]
Thirty of the 31 species in the genus Syagrus are South American. One species, S. amara, is endemic ot the Lesser Antilles, while another S. orinocensis is found on the Caribbean coast of Venezuela.[3]
[edit] Thrinax
- Thrinax ekmaniana [156]
- Cuba.
- Thrinax excelsa [157]
- Thrinax morrisii [158]
- Florida Keys, Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Navassa Island[159] and the Leeward Islands.
- Thrinax parviflora [160]
- Thrinax radiata [161]
- Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Navassa Island[159] (also Florida, Mexico and Central America).
Four of the five species of Thrinax are endemic to the insular Caribbean, while the fifth species is also found in Florida, Mexico and Central America. Two species are endemic to Jamaica, while one is a Cuban endemic. [3]
[edit] Zombia
Zombia is a monotypic genus which is is endemic to Hispaniola.[163]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ The Bahamas, Cuba, Dominica, Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago have palm trees in their coats of arms.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Morici, Carlo (2004). Palmeras e Islas: La Insularidad en una de las Familias más Diversas del Reino Vegetal ((Spanish)). J.M. Fernández-Palacios & C. Morici, Ecología Insular/Island Ecology 81-122. Asociatión Española de Ecología Terestre (AEET)-Cabildo Insular de La Palma. Retrieved on December 13, 2006.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08537-4.
- ^ Comeau, Paul L.; Yasmin S. Comeau; Winston Johnson (2003). The Palm Book of Trinidad and Tobago. International Palm Society. ISBN 0974087009.
- ^ a b Govaerts, R.; J. Henderson; S.F. Zona; D.R. Hodel; A. Henderson (2006). World Checklist of Arecaceae. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved on February 6, 2007.
- ^ Acoelorraphe wrightii (Grisebach & H. Wendland) H. Wendland ex Beccari, Webbia. 2: 109. 1907. Flora of North America. Retrieved on February 21, 2007.
- ^ Acoelorraphe H. Wendland, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin). 37: 148. 1879. Flora of North America. Retrieved on February 21, 2007.
- ^ Acoelorrhaphe wrightii. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro; Mark T. Strong (2005). Monocots and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions of the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-405.
- ^ Acrocomia aculeata. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Acrocomia media. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006. This species is considered valid by Acevedo-Rodríguez & Strong (2005). but not by Govaerts (1995) and Govaerts & Dransfield (2005).].
- ^ a b Aiphanes horrida. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Aiphanes minima. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Astrocaryum aculeatum. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Johnson, D. (1988). Attalea crassispatha. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on February 22, 2007.
- ^ Attalea crassispatha. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Attalea maripa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Attalea osmantha. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Salzman V.T. and W.S. Judd. 1995. A revision of the Greater Antillean species of Bactris (Bactridinae: Arecaceae). Brittonia 47 (4): 345-371.
- ^ Bactris campestris. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Bactris cubensis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Bactris jamaicana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Bactris major.; Bactris major var. major. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Bactris plumeriana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Bactris setulosa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Bactris simplicifrons. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Calyptronoma occidentalis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Calyptronoma plumeriana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Calyptronoma rivalis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax readii . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on January 11, 2007.
- ^ Coccothrinax acunana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax alexandri.; Coccothrinax alexandri subsp. alexandri.; Coccothrinax alexandri subsp. nitida. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax alta. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax argentata. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ a b Wunderlin, Richard P.; Bruce F. Hansen (2003). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida, Second edition, Gainsville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-2632-6.
- ^ Coccothrinax argentea. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax baracoensis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax barbadensis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax bermudezii. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax borhidiana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax boschiana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax camagueyana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax clarensis.; Coccothrinax clarensis subsp. brevifolia.; Coccothrinax clarensis subsp. clarensis.; Coccothrinax clarensis subsp. perrigida. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax concolor. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax crinita.; Coccothrinax crinita subsp. brevicrinis.; Coccothrinax crinita subsp. crinita. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax cupularis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax ekmanii]. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax elegans. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax fagildei. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax fragrans. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax garciana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax gracilis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax guantanamensis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax gundlachii. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax hioramii . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax inaguensis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax jamaicensis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax leonis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax littoralis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax macroglossa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax microphylla. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax miraguama. Coccothrinax miraguama subsp. arenicola. Coccothrinax miraguama subsp. havanensis. Coccothrinax miraguama subsp. miraguama. Coccothrinax miraguama subsp. roseocarpa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax moaensis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax montana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax munizii. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax muricata. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax nipensis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax orientalis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax pauciramosa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax proctorii. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax pseudorigida. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax pumila. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax rigida. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax salvatoris. Coccothrinax salvatoris subsp. loricata. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax saxicola. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax scoparia. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax spissa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Morici, Carlo; Raúl Verdecia Pérez (2006). Coccothrinax torrida (Arecaceae), a new species from southeastern Cuba. Brittonia 58 (2): 189–193. Retrieved on 2007-01-13.
- ^ Coccothrinax trinitensis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax victorini . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax yunquensis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Coccothrinax yuraguana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Colpothrinax aphanopetala. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on January 11, 2007.
- ^ Colpothrinax cookii. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on January 11, 2007.
- ^ Colpothrinax wrightii. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia alba. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on January 12, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia prunifera. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on January 12, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia tectorum. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on January 12, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia baileyana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia berteroana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia brittonorum. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia × burretiana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia cowellii. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia curbeloi. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia curtissii. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia ekmanii. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia × escarzana . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia fallaensis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia gigas. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia glabrescens. Copernicia glabrescens var. glabrescens. Copernicia glabrescens var. ramosissima. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia hospita. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia humicola. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia longiglossa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia macroglossa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia molineti. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia × occidentalis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia rigida. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia roigii. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia × shaferi. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia × sueroana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia × textilis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia × vespertilionum. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Copernicia yarey. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Desmoncus orthacanthos. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Desmoncus polyacanthos. Desmoncus polyacanthos var. polyacanthos. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ a b Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano (December 1996). Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (Palmae). Flora Neotropica 72.
- ^ Euterpe broadwayi. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Euterpe oleracea. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Euterpe precatoria. Euterpe precatoria var. precatoria. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Kyburz, Rolf. Gastrococos crispa. PACSOA, the Palm and Cycad Society of Australia. Retrieved on February 21, 2007.
- ^ Gastrococos crispa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Gaussia attenuata. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Gaussia princeps. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Gaussia spirituana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Geonoma interrupta. Geonoma interrupta var. interrupta. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Geonoma undata. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Hemithrinax compacta. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Hemithrinax rivularis. Hemithrinax rivularis var. rivularis. Hemithrinax rivularis var. savannarum. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Manicaria saccifera. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Mauritia flexuosa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Oenocarpus bataua. Oenocarpus bataua var. oligocarpus. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Prestoea acuminata. Prestoea acuminata var. montana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Prestoea pubigera. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Pseudophoenix ekmanii. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Pseudophoenix lediniana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Pseudophoenix sargentii. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Pseudophoenix vinifera. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Reinhardtia paiewonskiana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Roystonea altissima. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Roystonea borinquena. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Roystonea lenis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Roystonea maisiana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Roystonea oleracea. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Roystonea princeps. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Roystonea regia. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Roystonea stellata. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Roystonea violacea. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Zona, Scott (December 1996). Roystonea (Arecaceae: Arecoideae). Flora Neotropica 71.
- ^ Sabal causiarum. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Sabal domingensis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Sabal maritima. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Sabal mauritiiformis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Sabal palmetto. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Sabal yapa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Syagrus amara. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Thrinax ekmaniana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Thrinax excelsa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Thrinax morrisii. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ a b
- ^ Thrinax parviflora. Thrinax parviflora subsp. parviflora. Thrinax parviflora subsp. puberula. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Thrinax radiata. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Zombia antillarum. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
- ^ Taylor, Fabienne Boncy; Joel C. Timyan (2004). Notes on Zombia antillarum. Economic Botany 58 (2): 173-183. Retrieved on 2007-01-20.