Coccothrinax litoralis

{{Short description|Species of palm}}

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|image =Cuban_Silver_Palm._Coccothrinax_litoralis._Endemic_-_Flickr_-_gailhampshire.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author= Verdecia Pérez, R.M. |author2= Barrios, D. |date=2025 |title= Coccothrinax litoralis |volume=2025 |page= e.T87706763A248268462 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS.T87706763A248268462.es |access-date=June 19, 2025}}

|genus = Coccothrinax

|species = litoralis

|authority = León

}}

Coccothrinax litoralis is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae.{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:666049-1 |title= Coccothrinax litoralis León |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=June 19, 2025}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/5ZFVZ |title= Coccothrinax litoralis León |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=June 19, 2025}} It is sometimes referred to by the common name Cuban silver palm,{{cite web|url = http://palmguide.org/images.php?family=ARECACEAE&genus=Coccothrinax|title = Coccothrinax images|accessdate = 2007-11-13|work = Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Guide to Palms|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101129013124/http://palmguide.org/images.php?family=ARECACEAE&genus=Coccothrinax|archive-date = 2010-11-29|url-status = dead}} and is endemic to Cuba.{{cite web |url=https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?accepted_id=44423&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=44423&status=true |title= Coccothrinax litoralis|accessdate=2019-02-25 |format= |work= Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families}}

Henderson and colleagues (1995) considered C. litoralis 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 }}

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