Coccothrinax yunquensis

Coccothrinax yunquensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Coccothrinax
Species: C. yunquensis
Binomial name
Coccothrinax yunquensis
Borhidi & O.Muñiz

Coccothrinax yunquensis (yuruguana del Yunque)[1] is a palm which is endemic to southern Cuba.[2] It is reported to be restricted to El Yunque, a limestone mountain[1] in Guantánamo Province.

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Coccothrinax yunquensis". Palm & Cycad Societies of Australia. http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Coccothrinax/yunquensis.html. Retrieved 2007-11-13. 
  2. ^ "Coccothrinax yunquensis". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=44468&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=44468&status=true. Retrieved 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.