Coccothrinax montana

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Coccothrinax montana is a palm which is endemic to Hispaniola.{{cite web |url=https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?accepted_id=44441&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=44441&status=true |title= Coccothrinax montana|accessdate=2019-02-25 |format= |work= Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families}}

The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains.Archibald William Smith {{google books|ahNMkgoNJ7IC|A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins|page=239}}

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