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Gaussia is a genus of solitary, pinnate palms found in the Caribbean, northern Central America and southern Mexico. There are five species in the genus - three are endemic to the Greater Antilles, while G. gomez-pompae and G. maya are found in the Caribbean coastal region of Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.
Roystonea oleracea, sometimes known as the Caribbean royal palm, [citation needed] palmiste, imperial palm[citation needed] or cabbage palm, is a species of palm which is native to the Lesser Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago. It is also reportedly naturalized in Guyana and on the islands of Mauritius and Réunion in the ...
Roystonea regia var. hondurensis P.H.Allen. Roystonea regia, commonly known as the royal palm, Cuban royal palm, or Florida royal palm, [4] is a species of palm native to Mexico, the Caribbean, Florida, and parts of Central America. A large and attractive palm, it has been planted throughout the tropics and subtropics as an ornamental tree.
Roystonea borinquena is a large palm which usually reaches a height of 12 to 18 metres (40 to 60 ft), but individuals 26.4 m (87 ft) have been recorded. [3] Stems are smooth and grey-brown to cinnamon-brown, [4] and range from 25–70 centimetres (10–28 in) in diameter. Leaves are 2.4–3.7 m (7.9–12.1 ft) long, with short petioles and leaf ...
Coccothrinax is the most diverse genus of Caribbean palms. [9] Although Andrew Henderson and colleagues only recognised fourteen species in their 1995 Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas, [6] the current World Checklist of Arecaceae recognises 52 or 53 species. [10] Coccothrinax is placed in the tribe Cryosophileae. [11]
Roystonea is a genus of eleven species of monoecious palms, native to the Neotropics, in the Caribbean, the adjacent coasts of Florida in the United States, Mexico, Central America and northern South America. [ 3][ 4][ 5] Commonly known as the royal palms, the genus was named after Roy Stone, a U.S. Army engineer.
Thrinax floridiana. Thrinax martii. Thrinax wendlandiana. Thrinax radiata, [3] also known as the Florida thatch palm, [4] is a medium to slow growing palm in the family Arecaceae. It is native to many Caribbean islands, Mexico, Central America, and far southern Florida. Its natural habitat is sandy, calcareous soil in coastal areas.
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