Coccothrinax boschiana
| Coccothrinax boschiana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Coccothrinax |
| Species: | C. boschiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Coccothrinax boschiana Mejía & García, 1997
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Coccothrinax boschiana (guano de Barreras) is a palm endemic to dry forests on limestone on the Sierra Martín García ridge and Sierra de Neiba on the Barahona Peninsula in the south of the Dominican Republic on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. This species was first described in 1997.
Description
[edit]C. boschiana is palmate-leaved; its leaves have been described as "golden above and silvery below". Trees grow to about 12 metres in height.
References
[edit]- "Coccothrinax boschiana M.M.Mejía & R.García, Moscosoa 9: 1 (1997)". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
- "Morici, Carlo. 2002. Coccothrinax boschiana". Palms 41:1. Archived from the original on 2006-12-13. Retrieved 2006-12-12.
External links
[edit]- "Isotype of Coccothrinax boschiana". New York Botanic Garden. Retrieved 2006-12-12.[permanent dead link]
- "Coccothrinax boschiana". Palm & Cycad Society of Australia. Retrieved 2006-12-12.
- Morici, Carlo. 2002. Coccothrinax boschiana. Palms 41:1. [1] – URL retrieved June 24, 2006
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