Coccothrinax borhidiana | |
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Coccothrinax borhidiana at Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami, Florida Photo by Scott Zona | |
Conservation status | |
Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Genus: | Coccothrinax |
Species: | C. borhidiana |
Binomial name | |
Coccothrinax borhidiana O.Muñiz |
Coccothrinax borhidiana (guano, Borhidi's guano palm) is a palm which is endemic to Matanzas Province in Cuba. Like other members of the genus, C. borhidiana is a fan palm.
Coccothrinax borhidiana is restricted to an area of less than 10 km on raised limestone beaches near the sea and is threatened by development and livestock grazing.
It was named after Attila Borhidi, Hungarian botanist.
References
- ^ Moya, C. (1998). "Coccothrinax borhidiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T38478A10115507. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38478A10115507.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Henderson, Andrew; Galeano, Gloria; Bernal, Rodrigo (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 48. ISBN 0-691-08537-4.
- "Coccothrinax borhidiana". Palm & Cycad Societies of Australia. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
- "Coccothrinax borhidiana". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
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