Coccothrinax borhidiana

Synonymy: None Distribution: Endemic to a very small area of northern Cuba
Common names: None known Conservation status: Critically endangered

Large adult plant in habitat

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Closeup of small adult plant showing lace pattern and base
of inflorescence (top right) and infructescence (left).

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Flowering adult plant

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Closeup of inflorescence

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Juvenile plant (same plant as above, one year earlier)

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Seedling

Top photo courtesy and copyright © 1999, Paul Craft. Middle three photos courtesy and copyright © 1999, Brian Sheahan. Bottom two photos copyright © 1998, Jody Haynes. All but the top and bottom photos taken at the Tropical Research & Education Center, Homestead, FL.

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