Coccothrinax montana

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

Coccothrinax montana is a palm which is endemic to Haiti.[1] The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains.[2]

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

References

  1. "Coccothrinax montana". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2006-12-08.
  2. Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 239, at Google Books
  3. 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.


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