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Highland silver palm (Coccothrinax scoparia)

Description

Trunk type: Solitary. An attractive, medium sized fan palm, to about 12m high, with a flat, stiff, partially segmented but completely circular leaf. Very similar in appearance to C. miraguama , the main difference being that this species has considerably thinner pinnae. Leaf detail: Palmately compound.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Arecales

            • Family: Arecaceae

              • Genus: Coccothrinax