A revision of Coccothrinax, Hemithrinax, Leucothrinax, Thrinax, and Zombia (Arecaceae)
Author
Henderson, Andrew
text
Phytotaxa
2023
2023-09-19
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2.2.
Hemithrinax ekmaniana
Burret (1929: 9)
.
Thrinax ekmaniana
(Burret)
Borhidi & Muñiz (1985: 227)
.
Lectotype
(designated by
Rodríguez
et al.
2017
):—
CUBA
. Santa Clara, Sagua la Grande,
20 February 1924
,
E. Ekman 18536
(
lectotype
S
n.v
., S image!, isolectotype NY!)
Stems
length and diameter not recorded.
Leaf
sheath fibers 1.6(0.8–2.3) mm diameter, stout, woody, separating into long, single, curled fibers; petioles 11.3(10.3–12.8) mm diameter just below the apex; palmans 14.6(10.7–22.0) cm long; segments 31(26–35) per leaf, the middle ones 44.3(38.0–50.5) cm long and 3.0(2.3–3.4) cm wide; middle leaf segment apices blunt and rounded; leaf segments without or with poorly developed transverse veinlets.
Inflorescences
erect above the leaves, with few partial inflorescences at apex of inflorescence; rachis bracts tubular, closely sheathing, membranous, brown tomentose; partial inflorescences 3; proximalmost rachillae straight, 6.0 cm long and 0.7 mm diameter in fruit; stamens 6; fruit pedicels
0.2 mm
long;
fruits
5.0 mm long and
4.5 mm
diameter, color not recorded.
Distribution and habitat:—
Western
Cuba
(
Villa Clara
) (
Fig. 20
) on limestone mogotes at low elevations.
Taxonomic notes:—
Rodríguez
et al.
(2017)
have given a detailed, illustrated account of
H. ekmaniana
.