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Hemithrinax

Hemithrinax is a genus of palms that is endemic to eastern Cuba. It comprises three species and one variety and was previously included within the genus Thrinax.Hemithrinax compacta (Griseb. & H.Wendl.) M.Gómez - Sierra de Nipe in Holguin Province Hemithrinax ekmaniana Burret - Las Villas in Granma Province Hemithrinax rivularis León - Sierra de Moa in Holguin Province Hemithrinax rivularis var. savannarum (León) O.Muñiz - Oriente and Sierra de Moa in Holguin Province.

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Hemithrinax
Hemithrinax ekmaniana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Coryphoideae
Tribe: Cryosophileae
Genus: Hemithrinax
Hook.f.
Type species
Hemithrinax compacta

Hemithrinax is a genus of palms that is endemic to eastern Cuba.12 It comprises three species and one variety3 and was previously included within the genus Thrinax.4

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  1. "Hemithrinax Hook.f. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 3: 930 (1883)". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2007-01-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. "Search results — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  4. Lewis, Carl E.; Zona, Scott (2008). "Leucothrinax morrisii, a New Name for a Familiar Caribbean Palm". Palms. 52 (2): 84–88 – via ResearchGate.