Coccothrinax spissa

Coccothrinax spissa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Coccothrinax
Species:	C. spissa
Binomial name
	Coccothrinax spissa; L.H.Bailey

Coccothrinax spissa, the guano^[1] or swollen silver thatch palm,^[2] is a palm which is endemic to the island of Hispaniola.^[3]

Description[]

Like other members of this genus, Coccothrinax spissa is a fan palm. Stems grow singly and are 3 to 8 metres tall and 20 to 30 centimetres in diameter, usually swollen. The fruit is dark purple, 1.1 to 1.2 cm in diameter.^[1] It grows in open areas in dry habitats, or at the margins of woodlands at low elevations (below 400 m above sea level).^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ "Coccothrinax spissa". Palm & Cycad Societies of Australia. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
^ "Coccothrinax spissa". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2019-02-25.

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[Henderson-1] 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.

[PACSOA-2] "Coccothrinax spissa". Palm & Cycad Societies of Australia. Retrieved 2007-11-13.

[Kew-3] "Coccothrinax spissa". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2019-02-25.

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