Coccothrinax fragrans
{{Short description|Species of palm}}
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|species = fragrans
|authority = Burret{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:62367-2 |title= Coccothrinax fragrans Burret |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=November 12, 2022}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/5ZG7Y |title= Coccothrinax fragrans Burret
|author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=November 12, 2022}}
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Coccothrinax fragrans is a palm which is native to eastern Cuba and Hispaniola.{{cite web |url=https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?accepted_id=44408&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=44408&status=true |title= Coccothrinax fragrans|accessdate=2019-02-25 |format= |work= Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families}}
Information
Henderson and colleagues (1995) considered C. fragrans to be a synonym of Coccothrinax argentata.{{cite book |last=Henderson |first=Andrew |authorlink= Andrew Henderson (botanist)|last2=Galeano |first2=Gloria |authorlink2=Gloria Galeano |last3=Bernal |first3=Rodrigo |authorlink3=Rodrigo Bernal|title=Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas |year=1995 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, New Jersey| isbn= 0-691-08537-4 }}
Description
Coccothrinax fragrans has dark green fan leaves with silvery undersides. It is a slow growing and stealthy palm when healthy. Coccothrinax fragrans is best suited to tropical and warm climates that do not get frost, and the palm is adaptable to coastal exposure.{{cite web |title=Coccothrinax fragrans |url=http://www.rarepalmseeds.com/pix/CocFra.shtml |accessdate=28 December 2012 |publisher=Rare Palm Seeds}}
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Category:Trees of the Dominican Republic
Category:Plants described in 1929
Category:Taxa named by Max Burret
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