Editing Coccothrinax barbadensis

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[[File:Coccothrinax_barbadensis02.jpg|frame|Figure 2. ''C. barbadensis'' in habitat, St. John, US Virgin Islands.]]
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===Synonymy:===
''C. alta''

===Common Names:===
Tyre Palm,<br/>
Silver Thatch Palm,<br/>
Puerto Rican Thatch Palm<br/>

===Conservation Status:===
Not threatened.

===Distribution & Habitat:===
Grows in calcareous soils on low hills and slopes in
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

===Description:===
A medium sized solitary fan palm with a thin trunk to 8m tall,
and an open crown. The leaves have slightly drooping tips,
and a silvery underside.

===Culture:===
Sunny, moist, but well drained position.
An easy and relatively fast growing (for a Coccothrinax) plant,
which despite coming from calcerous soils, doesn't seem too particular
about soil type.
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[[File:Coccothrinax_barbadensis.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''C. barbadensis'']]
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===Contributed by: ===
Tom Turner (Figure 1) (from '''''Palms & Cycads''''' No. 47, Apr-June 1995)<br/>
Brandt Maxwell,<br/>
'''Brandt's Palm and Tree Page''' (Figure 2)


===External Links:===
[https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Coccothrinax%20barbadensis Kew], 
[https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/01c24bab-7fb7-48da-b74e-3c97074383ae PalmWeb],
[https://e-monocot.org/taxon/urn:kew.org:wcs:taxon:44384 eMonocot],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Coccothrinax+barbadensis JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Coccothrinax+barbadensis Trebrown]
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[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Coccothrinax+barbadensis%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Coccothrinax+barbadensis%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Coccothrinax+barbadensis Flickr],
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Coccothrinax+barbadensis%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&amp;sa=Google+Search PalmTalk]
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