Colpothrinax

{{Short description|Genus of palms}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Colpothrinax wrightii.jpg

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| taxon = Colpothrinax

| authority = Griseb. & H.Wendl.

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = Colpothrinax aphanopetala

Colpothrinax cookii

Colpothrinax wrightii|

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Colpothrinax is a genus of palms native to Central America and the Caribbean. It is a member of the subfamily Coryphoideae, tribe Trachycarpeae, although its placement within the subtribe is uncertain based on plastid DNA.{{cite journal | last = Asmussen | first = Conny B. |author2=John Dransfield |author3=Vinnie Deickmann |author4=Anders S. Barfod |author5=Jean-Christophe Pintaud |author6= William J. Baker | date = 2006 | title = A new subfamily classification of the palm family (Arecaceae): evidence from plastid DNA phylogeny | journal = Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society | volume = 151 | issue = 1 | pages = 15–38 | doi = 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2006.00521.x | doi-access = free | hdl = 11458/3588 | hdl-access = free }}