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List of Coccothrinax species

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Coccothrinax is a genus of fan palms found throughout the Caribbean and in adjacent parts of southern Florida and Mexico. This list of Coccothrinax species includes accepted names according to the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Most species are small to medium-sized, with maximum heights between 5 and 15 metres (17 and 49 ft). Fifty-four or 55 species are recognised; only one them C. readii, is absent from the insular Caribbean. Two species, C. argentata and C. barbadensis, are widespread, while most of the others are restricted to Cuba and Hispaniola. Andrew Henderson, Gloria Galeano and Rodrigo Bernal only recognised 14 species of Coccothrinax in their Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas while Brett Jestrow and colleagues recognised 54. The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 55 species.

Coccothrinax acuminata Becc. Coccothrinax acunana León Coccothrinax alexandri León C. alexandri subsp. alexandri C. alexandri subsp. nitida (León) Borhidi & O.Muñiz, Coccothrinax alta (O.F.Cook) Becc. Coccothrinax argentata (Jacq.) L.H.Bailey Florida silver palm, Silver palm, Silver thatch palm, Biscayne palm, Palma de plata de Florida, Yuruguana de costa, Palmicha Coccothrinax argentata subsp. argentata Coccothrinax argentata subsp. garberi (Chapm.) Zona Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Sarg. ex Becc. Broom palm, Hispaniolan silver palm, Silver thatch palm, Guano, Latanye maron, Latanye savanna, Palmera plateada de La Hispaniola, Guanito, Guano de escoba Coccothrinax baracoensis Borhidi & O.Muñiz Coccothrinax barbadensis Becc. Barbados silver palm, Silver palm, Thatch palm, Lesser Antilles silver thatch palm, Tyre palm, Palma de abanico Coccothrinax bermudezii León Coccothrinax borhidiana O.Muñiz Borhidi's guano palm Coccothrinax boschiana Mejía & R.G.García Coccothrinax camagueyana Borhidi & O.Muñiz Coccothrinax clarensis León C. clarensis subsp. brevifolia (León) Borhidi & O.Muñiz C. clarensis subsp. clarensis Coccothrinax concolor Burret Coccothrinax crinita Becc. (Griseb. & H.Wendl. ex C.H.Wright) Becc. Old man palm, Thatch palm, Palma petate, Guano barbudo, Guano petate C. crinita subsp. brevicrinis Borhidi & O.Muñiz C. crinita subsp. crinita Coccothrinax cupularis (León) Borhidi & O.Muñiz Coccothrinax ekmanii Burret Gouane palm Coccothrinax elegans O.Muñiz & Borhidi Coccothrinax fagildei Borhidi & O.Muñiz Fagilde's Palm Coccothrinax fragrans Burret Fragrant Cuban thatch, Yuraguana Coccothrinax garciana León Coccothrinax gracilis Burret Coccothrinax guantanamensis (León) O.Muñiz & Borhidi Coccothrinax gundlachii León Yuruguana Coccothrinax hioramii León Coccothrinax inaguensis Read Coccothrinax jamaicensis Read Jamaica silver thatch Coccothrinax jimenezii M.M.Mejía & R.G.García Coccothrinax leonis O.Muñiz & Borhidi Coccothrinax litoralis León Cuban silver palm Coccothrinax macroglossa (León) Borhidi & O.Muñiz Coccothrinax microphylla Borhidi & O.Muñiz Coccothrinax miraguama (Kunth) Becc. Miraguano, Miraguama, Biraguano, Yuraguano, Guanito, Miraguama palm C. miraguama subsp. havanensis (León) Borhidi & O.Muñiz C. miraguama subsp. miraguama C. miraguama subsp. roseocarpa (León) Borhidi & O.Muñiz Coccothrinax moaensis (Borhidi & O.Muñiz) O.Muñiz Coccothrinax montana Burret Coccothrinax munizii Borhidi Coccothrinax muricata León Coccothrinax nipensis Borhidi] & O.Muñiz Coccothrinax orientalis León, O.Muñiz & Borhidi Coccothrinax pauciramosa Burret Coccothrinax proctorii Read Cayman thatch palm, Protector's thatch palm Coccothrinax pseudorigida León Coccothrinax pumila Borhidi & J.A.Hern. Coccothrinax readii H.J.Quero Mexican silver palm Coccothrinax rigida Becc. Coccothrinax salvatoris León C. salvatoris subsp. loricata (León) Borhidi & O.Muñiz C. salvatoris subsp. salvatoris Coccothrinax saxicola León Coccothrinax scoparia Becc.] Haitian mountain silver palm Coccothrinax spirituana Verdecia & Moya Coccothrinax spissa L.H.Bailey Guano, Swollen silver thatch palm Coccothrinax torrida Morici & Verdecia Coccothrinax trinitensis Borhidi & O.Muñiz Coccothrinax victorinii León Coccothrinax yunquensis Borhidi & O.Muñiz Coccothrinax yuraguana (A.Rich.) León Yuraguana

See also List of palms native to the Caribbean

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