Cuban Palms

Cuban Palms
The Island of Cuba has many endemic species found only on the island and nowhere else. There are 98 palm taxa of Cuba including distinct species and varieties or subspecies. Across the island are different climate zones from seasonally wet tropical forest all the way to semi arid like desert. The soils of Cuba range from serpentine to montane limestone to tropical clay. These drivers have pushed palms to speciate into some of the most majestic plants on the planet. I have photographed 48 of the 98 taxa. The list below is all the palms and some links are active for species I have photographed. With luck more photos and pages will be added to share information and photos.
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- Acoelorrhaphe wrightii
- Acrocomia aculeata
- Acrocomia crispa
- Bactris cubensis
- Calyptronoma plumeriana
- Coccothrinax acunana
- Coccothrinax alexanderi
- Coccothrinax alexandri subsp. nitida
- Coccothrinax baracoensis
- Coccothrinax bermudezii
- Coccothrinax borhidiana
- Coccothrinax camagueyana
- Coccothrinax clarensis
- Coccothrinax clarensis subsp. brevifolia
- Coccothrinax crinita
- Coccothrinax crinita subsp. brevicrinus
- Coccothrinax cupalaris
- Coccothrinax elegans
- Coccothrinax fagildei
- Coccothrinax fragrans
- Coccothrinax garciana
- Coccothrinax guantanamensis
- Coccothrinax gundlachii
- Coccothrinax hiorami
- Coccothrinax leonis
- Coccothrinax litoralis
- Coccothrinax macroglossa
- Coccothrinax moaensis
- Coccothrinax microphylla
- Coccothrinax miraguama
- Coccothrinax miraguama subsp. arenicola
- Coccothrinax miraguama subsp. havanensis
- Coccothrinax miraguama subsp. roseocarpa Coccothrinax moaensis
- Coccothrinax munizii
- Coccothrinax muricata
- Coccothrinax nipensis
- Coccothrinax orientalis
- Coccothrinax pauciramosa Coccothrinax pseudorigida
- Coccothrinax pumila
- Coccothrinax rigida
- Coccothrinax salvatoris
- Coccothrinax salvatoris subsp. ‘Rainbow’
- Coccothrinax savannarum
- Coccothrinax saxicola
- Coccothrinax spirituana
- Coccothrinax torrida
- Coccothrinax trinitensis
- Coccothrinax victorini
- Coccothrinax yunquensis
- Coccothrinax yuraguana
- Coccothrinax x angelae
- C. crinita subsp. brevicrinus x C. miraguama
- Colpothrinax wrightii
- Copernicia baileyana
- Copernicia brittonorum
- Copernicia cowellii
- Copernicia curbeloi
- Copernicia curtissii
- Copernicia fallaensis
- Copernicia gigas
- Copernicia glabrescens
- Copernicia glabrescens var. ramosissima
- Copernicia hospita
- Copernicia humicola
- Copernicia longiglossa
- Copernicia macroglossa
- Copernicia molinetii
- Copernicia oxycalyx
- Copernicia rigida
- Copernicia roigii
- Copernicia yarey
- Copernicia yarey var. robusta
- Copernicia x burretiana C. hospita x C. macroglossa
- Copernicia x dahlgreniana C. cowellii x C. macroglossa
- Copernicia x occidentalis C. brittonorum x C. curtissii
- Copernicia x shaferi C. cowellii x C. hospita
- Copernicia x sueroana C. hospita x C. rigida
- Copernicia x textilis C. baileyana x C. hospita
- Copernicia x vespertillonum C. gigas x C. rigida Gaussia princeps
- Gaussia spirituana
- Hemithrinax compacta
- Hemithrinax ekmaniana
- Hemithrinax rivularis
- Hemithrinax rivularis var. savannarum Leucothrinax morrisii
- Prestoea acuminata var. montana
- Pseudophoenix sargentii
- Roystonea lenis
- Roystonea maisiana
- Roystonea regia
- Roystonea stellata
- Roystonea violacea
- Sabal domingensis
- Sabal maritima
- Sabal palmetto Sabal yapa
- Thrinax radiata
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