Coccothrinax proctorii

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|image = Coccothrinax proctorii 3zz.jpg

|status = EN

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Burton, F.J. |author2=Bárrios, S. |date=2014 |title=Coccothrinax proctorii |volume=2014 |page=e.T56495716A56503961 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T56495716A56503961.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

|genus = Coccothrinax

|species = proctorii

|authority = Read, 1980

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Coccothrinax proctorii, the Cayman thatch palm or Proctor's 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}} is a palm which is endemic to the Cayman Islands.{{cite web |url=https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?accepted_id=44449&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=44449&status=true |title= Coccothrinax proctorii|accessdate=2019-02-25 |format= |work= Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families}}

Henderson and colleagues (1995) considered C. proctorii to be a synonym of Coccothrinax argentata.{{cite book |last1=Henderson |first1=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

A medium-sized palm, with a slender trunk, and an open crown, of deeply divided leaves, with nearly perfectly symmetrical divisions, dark green above, and silvery white below. The trunk type is solitary.

Horticulture

It prefers a sunny, moist, but well-drained position. It is salt tolerant, and prefers an alkaline soil with a position in full sun, or light shade, in a tropical or subtropical climate, and once established, can endure quite a bit of coastal exposure. While slow growing, it can be grown on just coral limerock. Indoors it also makes a neat bonsai, that can even be cultivated just on a piece of coral limerock, practically without soil.{{Cite web|url=http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Coccothrinax_proctorii|title = Coccothrinax proctorii - Palmpedia - Palm Grower's Guide}}

Conservation

It is considered Endangered by the IUCN Red List, having declined to about 435,699 mature individuals in 2000 from a projected original population of 600,000. This population has still continued declining, and the projected 2013 population is around 428,500 mature individuals. In a century, the population will have likely declined to only about 123,500 individuals, all restricted to protected areas.

References

proctorii

Category:Trees of the Cayman Islands

Category:Plants described in 1980