Coccothrinax acunana explained

Coccothrinax acunana, the sierra palm,^[1] is a palm which is endemic to Pico Turquino in Cuba. It grows at high elevations (above 900 m), reportedly higher than any other Cuban palm. Like other members of the genus, C. acunana is a fan palm.

Andrew Henderson and colleagues (1995) considered C. acunana to be a synonym of Coccothrinax miraguama.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Seifriz . William . 1943 . The plant life of Cuba . Ecological Monographs . 13 . 4 . 375–426 . 10.2307/1948590 . Ecological Monographs, Vol. 13, No. 4 . 1948590.
2. Book: Henderson, Andrew . Andrew Henderson (botanist)

   . Andrew Henderson (botanist) . Galeano . Gloria . Gloria Galeano . Bernal . Rodrigo . Rodrigo Bernal. Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas . 1995 . Princeton University Press . Princeton, New Jersey. 0-691-08537-4 .