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Coccothrinax alexandri

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Arecales

Familia: Arecaceae
Subfamilia: Coryphoideae
Tribus: Cryosophileae
Genus: Coccothrinax
Species: C. alexandri

Coccothrinax alexandri is a palm which is endemic to eastern Cuba. Like other members of the genus, C. alexandri is a fan palm. Two subspecies are recognised—Coccothrinax alexandri subsp. alexandri[2] and Coccothrinax alexandri subsp. nitida (León) Borhidi & O.Muñiz.[3]

Andrew Henderson and colleagues (1995) considered C. alexandri to be a synonym of Coccothrinax miraguama.[4]
References

"Coccothrinax alexandri". WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
"Coccothrinax alexandri subsp. alexandri". WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
"Coccothrinax alexandri subsp. nitida". WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
Henderson, Andrew; Galeano, Gloria; Bernal, Rodrigo (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08537-4.

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