Coccothrinax muricata

{{Short description|Species of palm}}

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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author= Verdecia Pérez, R.M. |author2= Bécquer, E.R. |author3= Díaz-Hernández, I.D. |date=2025 |title= Coccothrinax muricata |volume=2025 |page= e.T87706836A248267706 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS.T87706836A248267706.es |access-date=June 19, 2025}}

|genus = Coccothrinax

|species = muricata

|authority = León

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Coccothrinax muricata a species of flowering plant in the palm family, Arecaceae.{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:666055-1 |title= Coccothrinax muricata 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/WLZ5 |title= Coccothrinax muricata León |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=June 19, 2025}} It is endemic to east central Cuba.{{cite web |url=http://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?accepted_id=44443&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=44443&status=true |title= Coccothrinax muricata|accessdate=2017-11-20 |format= |work= Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families}}

Henderson and colleagues (1995) considered C. muricata to be a synonym of Coccothrinax pauciramosa.{{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 }}