Copernicia rigida

{{Short description|Species of palm}}

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|image = Copernicia rigida CF9A3544.jpg

|image_caption = Copernicia rigida in the Cupaynicú Botanical Garden, Cuba

|status = LR/lc

|status_system = IUCN2.3

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Moya, C. |date=1998 |title=Copernicia rigida |volume=1998 |page=e.T38490A10118049 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38490A10118049.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

|genus = Copernicia

|species = rigida

|authority = Britton & P.Wilson

}}

Copernicia rigida (commonly known as the jata palm[https://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Copernicia_rigida Palmpedia]) is a type of palm endemic to eastern and central Cuba.{{cite web |url=http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=46722&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=46722&status=true |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130802172038/http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=46722&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=46722&status=true |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-08-02 |title=Copernicia rigida |accessdate=2006-12-08 |work=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families }} The ligules, the largest of any palm, are up to {{cvt|100|cm}} long by up to {{cvt|21|cm}} wide.{{cite journal | last= Dahlgren |first= E.E. | last2= Glassman | first2= S.F. | date= October 1963 | title= Revision of the Genus Copernicia - Part 2 - The West Indies Species | journal= Gentes Herbarium | volume= 9 | issue= 2 | page= 171}} The overall appearance of the palm is remindful of a shaving brush.