Copernicia is a genus of palms native to South America and the Greater Antilles. Of the known species and nothospecies (hybrids), 22 of the 27 are endemic to Cuba.[1] They are fan palms (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaves with a bare petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets. The species are small to medium-sized trees growing to 5–30 m tall, typically occurring close to streams and rivers in savanna habitats.[2] The genus is named after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. In some of the species, the leaves are coated with a thin layer of wax, known as carnauba wax.
^ abKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Copernicia is a genus of palms native to South America and the Greater Antilles. Of the known species and nothospecies (hybrids), 22 of the 27 are endemic...
palm wax, is a wax of the leaves of the carnauba palm Copernicia prunifera (synonym: Copernicia cerifera), a plant native to and grown only in the northeastern...
Copernicia prunifera or the carnaúba palm or carnaubeira palm (Portuguese pronunciation: [kaʁnaˈubɐ]) is a species of palm tree native to northeastern...
nucifera) is not native to the Caribbean. The Caribbean species in the genus Copernicia are all Greater Antillean endemics; two species are restricted to Hispaniola...
Copernicia alba is a South American species of palm tree, which is found in the Humid Chaco ecoregion in Bolivia, Paraguay, Colombia, Brazil (in the states...
Copernicia tectorum is a palm which is native to Colombia and northern Venezuela, where it is known as palma llanera. "Copernicia tectorum". Royal Botanic...
Copernicia macroglossa (also known as the Petticoat palm, Jata palm, and Jata de Guanabacoa), is a species of palm endemic to western and central Cuba...
Copernicia ekmanii is a palm which is endemic to northern Haiti. Théogène, P.A.; Timyan, J. (2018). "Copernicia ekmanii". IUCN Red List of Threatened...
Copernicia brittonorum is a palm which is endemic to western and west central Cuba. Moya, C. (1998). "Copernicia brittonorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened...
Copernicia curtissii is a palm which is endemic to Cuba. "Copernicia curtissii". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families...
plant wax is carnauba wax, a hard wax obtained from the Brazilian palm Copernicia prunifera. Containing the ester myricyl cerotate, it has many applications...
Copernicia gigas is a palm which is endemic to eastern Cuba. Moya, C. (1998). "Copernicia gigas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T38489A10116913...
including: The genus Ceroxylon, particularly Ceroxylon quindiuense Copernicia alba Copernicia prunifera, the carnauba wax palm Cyrtostachys renda, the red candle-wax...
Copernicia baileyana (yarey) is a palm which is endemic to eastern and central Cuba. Like other members of this genus, C. baileyana is a fan palm. Trees...
Copernicia hospita is a palm which is endemic to Cuba. The circular blue gray waxy leaves of the Cuban wax palm, spread out like fans on long, thin, stems...
Copernicia longiglossa is a palm which is endemic to eastern Cuba. "Copernicia longiglossa". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant...
Copernicia berteroana (dyaré, yarey) is a palm which is endemic to Hispaniola; it is also reported from Curaçao and Venezuela, but it is probably naturalized...
Copernicia roigii is a palm which is endemic to Cuba. "Copernicia roigii". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Archived...
Copernicia cowellii is a palm which is endemic to Camagüey Province, Cuba. "Copernicia cowellii". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected...
Copernicia humicola is a palm which is endemic to Cuba. "Copernicia humicola". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families...
Copernicia glabrescens is a palm which is endemic to western and west central Cuba. "Copernicia glabrescens".[permanent dead link] "Copernicia glabrescens...
Copernicia curbeloi is a palm which is endemic to Cuba. "Copernicia curbeloi". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families...
Copernicia molineti is a palm which is endemic to Cuba. "Copernicia molineti". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families...
Copernicia fallaensis is a palm which is endemic to Cuba. "Copernicia fallaensis". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families...
Copernicia yarey is a palm which is endemic to Cuba. "Copernicia yarey". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Archived...
detector and an ultraviolet telescope, and operated until February 1981. Copernicia, a genus of palm trees native to South America and the Greater Antilles...
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