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Coccothrinax argentata (Florida silver palm)

Synonyms: Palma argentata (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Coccothrinax argentata is a palm which is native to Bahamas, south Florida (including the Florida Keys) southeast Mexico and San Andrés Island. It is a small (2–6 m tall), slow-growing fan palm with leaves that are dark blue-green above and silver-coloured below. Flowers are white and small on light orange branches. The fruits rae globose and half an inch in diameter. They are green turning purple or black when ripe. Common names include: Florida silver palm, Silver palm, Silver thatch palm, Biscayne palm, Palma de plata de Florida, Yuruguana de costa, Palmicha.
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Infraspecies

Coccothrinax argentata argentata
Coccothrinax argentata garberi

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  No
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [4]  Perennial
Structure [4]  Tree
Height [2]  33 feet (10 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Biscayne National Park II 11085 Florida, United States
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  

Predators

Rhizoecus americanus[5]
Terrapene carolina bauri (Florida box turtle)[6]

Range Map

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kissling, W. Daniel et al. (2019), Data from: PalmTraits 1.0, a species-level functional trait database for palms worldwide, v4, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ts45225
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 6Seed dispersal by the Florida box turtle (Terrapene carolina bauri) in pine rockland forests of the lower Florida Keys, United States, Hong Liu, Steven G. Platt, Christopher K. Borg, Oecologia (2004) 138: 539–546
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0