Coccothrinax pauciramosa

Coccothrinax pauciramosa
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Coccothrinax
Species: C. pauciramosa
Binomial name
Coccothrinax pauciramosa
Burret

Coccothrinax pauciramosa (yuraguana, 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 "Coccothrinax pauciramosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2007. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 1998. Retrieved November 12, 2007.
  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. Retrieved 2006-12-08.