Copernicia berteroana
{{Short description|Species of palm}}
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|image = Copernicia berteroana - Naples Botanical Garden - Naples, Florida - DSC00046.jpg
|genus = Copernicia
|species = berteroana
|authority = Becc.
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Copernicia berteroana (dyaré, yarey){{cite book |last=Henderson |first=Andrew |authorlink= Andrew Henderson (botanist) |author2=Gloria Galeano |author3-link=Rodrigo Bernal |author3=Rodrigo Bernal|title=Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas |year=1995 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, New Jersey| isbn= 978-0-691-08537-1 |author2-link=Gloria Galeano }} is a palm which is endemic to Hispaniola;{{cite web |url=http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=46682&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=46682&status=true |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130802162811/http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=46682&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=46682&status=true |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-08-02 |title=Copernicia berteroana |accessdate=2006-12-08 |format= |website=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families }} it is also reported from Curaçao and Venezuela, but it is probably naturalized there.
Description
Like other members of this genus, C. berteroana is a fan palm. Trees are 4 to 5 metres tall with stems 20 centimetres in diameter. The fruit is black, 2 centimetres long and 1.8 cm in diameter. The leaves are used for thatch.
Habitat
Copernicia berteroana is found in flat regions with low rainfall. In Haiti it is threatened by habitat destruction.
References
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Category:Trees of the Dominican Republic
Category:Plants described in 1908
Category:Taxa named by Odoardo Beccari
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