Gastrococos

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Gastrococos crispa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Cocoeae
Genus: Gastrococos
Species: G. crispa
Binomial name
Gastrococos crispa
(Kunth) H.E. Moore

Gastrococos crispa (Cuban belly palm, Corojo Palm), a palm species which is endemic to Cuba. It is the sole member of the genus Gastrococos. It is a tall, spiny palm with a trunk that is slender at the base, but swollen in the middle, giving it the name "Cuban belly palm" in English.[1] It is closely related to the genus Acrocomia.[2]

[edit] Synonyms

Synonymy from Henderson et al.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kyburz, Rolf. Gastrococos crispa. PACSOA, the Palm and Cycad Society of Australia. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
  2. ^ a b 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.