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Colpothrinax
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Colpothrinax

Colpothrinax is a genus of palms native to Central America and the Caribbean. Colpothrinax aphanopetala is found in southern Central America (from southeast Nicaragua to Panama), while Colpothrinax cookii is found in northern Central America (from Belize to Honduras). The third species, Colpothrinax wrightii, is endemic to southwest Cuba including the Isle of Youth.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Colpothrinax cookii

speciesColpothrinax cookii

Barrigona Palm

speciesColpothrinax wrightii

Colpothrinax aphanopetala

speciesColpothrinax aphanopetala

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 180273.