Coccothrinax salvatoris

{{Short description|Species of palm}}

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|image = Coccothrinax salvatoris.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author= Verdecia Pérez, R.M. |author2= Barrios, D. |date=2025 |title= Coccothrinax salvatoris |volume=2025 |page= e.T87708301A248269663 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS.T87708301A248269663.es |access-date=June 19, 2025}}

|genus = Coccothrinax

|species = salvatoris

|authority = León

}}

Coccothrinax salvatoris is a species of flowering plant in the palm family, Arecaceae.{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/WLZG |title= Coccothrinax salvatoris León |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=June 19, 2025}} It is endemic to eastern and east central Cuba.{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:666064-1#children |title= Coccothrinax salvatoris|accessdate=29 January 2023 |format= |work= Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Plants of the World Online}} It grows up to {{convert|8|meters|feet}} tall, and is found in open terrain less than {{convert|500|meters|feet}} above sea level in areas with soils derived from limestone.{{cite book |last1 = Henderson |first1 = Andrew |last2 = Galeano |first2 = Gloria |last3 = Bernal |first3 = Rodrigo |date = 1995 |title = Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas |chapter = Coccothrinax |publisher = Princeton University Press |pages = 45{{ndash}}50 |doi = 10.2307/j.ctvcszzzd.12}}

Two subspecies are recognised:

• Coccothrinax salvatoris subsp. loricata (León) Borhidi & O.Muñiz{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77188472-1 |title=Coccothrinax salvatoris subsp. loricata |accessdate=29 January 2023 |format= |work=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Plants of the World Online}}
• Coccothrinax salvatoris subsp. salvatoris.{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77167949-1 |title=Coccothrinax salvatoris subsp. salvatoris |accessdate=29 January 2023 |format= |work=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Plants of the World Online}}