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Coccothrinax spissa
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{{PalmSpeciesHeader}} __NOTOC__ <div class="row"> <div class="small-0 large-5 columns"> [[File:Coccothrinax_spissa.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''C. spissa'' at Fairchild Botanic Gardens]] </div> <div class="small-0 large-7 columns"> ===Common Names:=== Guano,<br/> Swollen Silver Thatch palm<br/> ===Conservation Status:=== Severely endangered, both by urban development and grazing activities. ===Distribution & Habitat:=== Dominican Republic ===Description:=== Medium sized solitary fan palm to about 5m, with a distinctive swollen "belly" in the middle of the trunk. It has slender pinnate leaves, with silvery undersides. ===Culture:=== Sunny, moist, but well drained position. </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Coccothrinax_spissa02.jpg|frame|Figure 2. ''C. spissa'' showing the very distinctive "belly".]] </div> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Coccothrinax_spissa03.jpg|frame|Figure 3. ''C. spissa'' in habitat, Dominican Republic.]] </div> </div> ===Contributed by: === Gileno Machado (Figure 1)<br/> Jack Sayers (Figure 2)<br/> Bo-Gran Lundkvist,<br/> '''Lundkvist Palm Garden''' (Figure 3) ===External Links:=== [https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Coccothrinax%20spissa Kew], [https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/31727834-8c4d-4ccb-9b17-0d3048c1df7e PalmWeb], [https://e-monocot.org/taxon/urn:kew.org:wcs:taxon:44465 eMonocot], [https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Coccothrinax+spissa JSTOR], [https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Coccothrinax+spissa Trebrown] </p> [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Coccothrinax+spissa%22&num=10&sa=Google+Search Google], [https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Coccothrinax+spissa%22&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages], [https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Coccothrinax+spissa Flickr], [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Coccothrinax+spissa%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&sa=Google+Search PalmTalk] <p> [[Category:Coccothrinax|spissa]] [[Category:Palm|Coccothrinax_spissa]]
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