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(Colpothrinax cookii)

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Description

Colpothrinax is a genus of palms native to Central America and the Caribbean. Colpothrinax aphanopetala is found in southern Central America from southeast Nicaragua to Panama, while Colpothrinax cookii is found in northern Central America from Belize to Honduras. The third species, Colpothrinax wrightii, is endemic to southwest Cuba including the Isle of Youth.Colpothrinax is a member of subfamily Coryphoideae, tribe Trachycarpeae, although its placement within the subtribe is uncertain, on the basis of plastid DNA

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Arecales
Family:Arecaceae
Genus:Colpothrinax
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