A revision of Coccothrinax, Hemithrinax, Leucothrinax, Thrinax, and Zombia (Arecaceae) Author Henderson, Andrew text Phytotaxa 2023 2023-09-19 614 1 1 115 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.614.1.1 journal article 270518 10.11646/phytotaxa.614.1.1 143c8e81-3541-4298-b233-d3ce4e79d26c 1179-3163 8389307 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 .