Colpothrinax

Colpothrinax is a genus of palms native to Central America and the Caribbean. Colpothrinax is a member of subfamily Coryphoideae, tribe Trachycarpeae, although its placement within the subtribe is uncertain, on the basis of plastid DNA[1]

Colpothrinax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Coryphoideae
Tribe: Trachycarpeae
Genus: Colpothrinax
Griseb. & H.Wendl.
Species

Colpothrinax aphanopetala
Colpothrinax cookii
Colpothrinax wrightii

Species

ImageScientific nameDistribution
Colpothrinax aphanopetalafrom southeast Nicaragua to Panama
Colpothrinax cookiifrom Belize to Honduras
Colpothrinax wrightiiendemic to southwest Cuba including the Isle of Youth.[2]
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References

  1. Asmussen, Conny B.; John Dransfield; Vinnie Deickmann; Anders S. Barfod; Jean-Christophe Pintaud; William J. Baker (2006). "A new subfamily classification of the palm family (Arecaceae): evidence from plastid DNA phylogeny". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 151 (1): 15–38. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2006.00521.x.
  2. "Colpothrinax Griseb. & H.Wendl., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 37: 147 (1879)". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Archived from the original on 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2007-02-18.


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