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A New Species of Palm Tree in Cuba - Coccothrinax torrida

Posted in plant by Critter Lover on the March 23rd, 2006

Almost everyone knows a Palm tree when they see one, but would you know a new species if you came accross it? Botonist, Raúl Verdecia, proves that he does and has announced his discovery of the Coccothrinax torrida.

Cuban news station, Periodico26, has the story: New Palm Tree Species Found in Cuba. If you can read Spanish you may find the more detailed, Nuevo aporte a la ciencia cubana, interesting.

The name Torrida comes from Latin, torrid or torridus, because of the extremely hot temperatures where this palm lives.

coccotrinax torrida
(photo by Carlo Morici)

DID YOU KNOW: Coccotrinax palms are the largest palm genus of the Caribbean, and most are found in Cuba.

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae (aka Palmae)
Genus: Coccothrinax

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