Coccothrinax jamaicensis

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Coccothrinax jamaicensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Coccothrinax
Species: C. jamaicensis
Binomial name
Coccothrinax jamaicensis
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Coccothrinax jamaicensis (Jamaican silver thatch)[1] is a palm which is endemic to Jamaica..[2]

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

[edit] References

  1. ^ Coccothrinax images. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Guide to Palms. Retrieved on 2007-11-13.
  2. ^ Coccothrinax jamaicensis. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on 2006-12-08.
  3. ^ 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.