Characteristics
Monocots
Coccothrinax argentata (Jacq.)L.H.Bailey
FLORIDA SILVER PALM
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Populations in the Keys can be recognized as C. argentata subsp. argentata, and they tend to have more leaves, more segments per leaf, wider petioles, and taller plants compared to populations on the mainland as C. argentata subsp. garberi (Zona et al. 2018)
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Classification
Citation
COCCOTHRINAX ARGENTATA (Jacquin) L. H. Bailey, Gentes Herb. 4: 223. 1939.
Palma argentata Jacquin 1809.
BAHAMA ISLANDS:
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ARECACEAE argentata subsp. garberi
Coccothrinax argentata (Jacquin) L.H.Bailey subsp. garberi (Chapm.) Zona et al., Syst. Bot. 43: 160. 2018.
BASIONYM: Thrinax garberi Chapman 1878.
Coccothrinax garberi
Coccothrinax garberi (Chapman) Sargent, Bot. Gaz. 27: 90. 1899.
BASIONYM: Thrinax garberi Chapman 1878.
Coccothrinax jucunda
Coccothrinax jucunda Sargent, Bot. Gaz. 27: 89. 1899.
TYPE: FLORIDA: Monroe Co.: Marquesas Islands, s.d., Curtiss 2679 (holotype: US).
Coccothrinax jucunda var. macrosperma
Coccothrinax jucunda Sargent, var. macrosperma Beccari, Webbia 2: 312. 1907.
TYPE: BAHAMA ISLANDS: Fortune Island:
Coccothrinax jucunda var. marquesensis
Coccothrinax jucunda Sargent, var. marquesensis Beccari, Webbia 2: 313. 1907.
TYPE: FLORIDA: Monroe Co.: Marquesas Islands, Sargent s.n. (holotype: FI).
Palma argentata
Palma argentata Jacquin, Fragm. Bot. 38, t. 43(1). 1809.
TYPE: BAHAMA ISLANDS:
Thrinax altissima
Thrinax altissima N. Taylor, in L. H. Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 6: 3334. 1917.
TYPE: FLORIDA:
Thrinax argentea var. garberi
Thrinax argentea Loddiges ex Schultes & Schultes f., var. garberi (Chapman) Chapman, Fl. South. U.S., ed. 3. 462. 1897.
BASIONYM: Thrinax garberi Chapman 1878.
Thrinax garberi
Thrinax garberi Chapman, Bot. Gaz. 3: 12. 1878.
TYPE: FLORIDA: Miami-Dade Co.: Near Miami,
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