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Coccothrinax ekmanii

Synonyms: Beata ekmanii (homotypic); Haitiella ekmanii (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Coccothrinax ekmanii (gwenn) is a palm which is endemic to the island of Hispaniola. Like other members of the genus, C. ekmanii is a fan palm. Trees are single-stemmed, between 3 and 15 metres tall with stems 5 to 8 (occasionally 20) centimetres in diameter. The fruit is brownish, 5–6 millimetres in diameter. It grows on rocky hills or in dry scrub forest on limestone.
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Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Coccothrinax ekmanii

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [2]  49 feet (15 m)

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♦ 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
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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