Coccothrinax readii H.J.Quero is a plant in the Arecaceae family, order Arecales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Coccothrinax readii H.J.Quero

Coccothrinax readii H.J.Quero

Coccothrinax readii, the Mexican silver palm, is a palm native to Mexico and Belize, once treated as a synonym of Coccothrinax argentata.

Family
Genus
Coccothrinax
Order
Arecales
Class
Liliopsida

About Coccothrinax readii H.J.Quero

Coccothrinax readii, commonly known as the Mexican silver palm, is a species of palm native to southeastern Mexico and northeastern Belize. In 1995, Henderson and his colleagues classified C. readii as a synonym of Coccothrinax argentata.

Photo: (c) Gabriel Benavides, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Gabriel Benavides · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Arecales Arecaceae Coccothrinax

More from Arecaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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