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1.4.
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<emphasis id="B96EEADEFFE11F71FF6FFAA7FE1A8D22" bold="true" box="[183,483,1310,1337]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Coccothrinax baracoensis</emphasis>
Borhidi &amp; Muñiz
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in
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publ. 1982: 440).
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(designated by
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):—
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.
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,
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,
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,
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,
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. Muñoz &amp;
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. Fleites 105
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(
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!).
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length not recorded, 20.0 cm diameter, solitary.
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more or less deciduous or only leaf bases persisting on stem; leaf sheath fibers
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diameter, stout, woody, closely woven, ± joined at the apices; petioles 18.0 mm diameter just below the apex; palmans 14.0 cm long, relatively short, with the adaxial veins prominent and terminating in a slight raised ridge and distinct pulvinus; leaf blades not wedge-shaped; segments 30 per leaf, the middle ones 50.0 cm long and
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wide; segments not pendulous at the apices, giving the leaf a flat appearance; middle leaf segments relatively short and broad, abruptly narrowed (shoulder) toward the apex, otherwise parallel-sided, often strongly folded, stiff and leathery, the apices briefly splitting; middle leaf segment apices attenuate; leaf segments not waxy or sometimes with a deciduous, thin layer of wax adaxially, densely indumentose abaxially, with irregularly shaped, persistent, interlocking, fimbriate hairs, each one with a rounded, raised, light green to greenish-brown or reddish-brown center, without transverse veinlets.
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erect, at least initially, amongst or above the leaves, with few partial inflorescences; rachis bracts narrow, closely sheathing, sparsely tomentose, usually without hairs at the apex; partial inflorescences 4; proximalmost rachillae straight,
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long and
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diameter; rachillae not recorded at or near anthesis; flowers spirally arranged; stamens 7; fruit pedicels
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long;
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<quantity id="4CE29B29FFE11F71FBA5F8E7FB2C8F62" box="[1149,1237,1886,1913]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.8" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" unit="mm" value="9.8">9.8 mm</quantity>
long and 11.0 mm diameter, deep purple; fruit surfaces smooth or sometimes with projecting fibers; seed surfaces deeply lobed, the lobes running from base of seeds almost to apices.
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<emphasis id="B96EEADEFFE11F71FF65F873FDFA8FFF" bold="true" box="[189,515,1994,2020]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Distribution and habitat:—</emphasis>
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(
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) (
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), habitat and elevation not recorded.
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wrote that it occurs on serpentine rocks.
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<emphasis id="B96EEADEFFE01F70FF50F8C4FF118F89" bold="true" box="[136,232,1917,1938]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">PLATE 4</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B96EEADEFFE01F70FF2CF8C4FE088F89" box="[244,497,1917,1938]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Coccothrinax baracoensis</emphasis>
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, Cuba, with thick stems and wide leaf segments. (Image by Raúl Verdecia Pérez).
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<emphasis id="B96EEADEFFDF1F4FFF50FA5DFEFA8DE2" bold="true" box="[136,259,1508,1530]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">FIGURE 10</emphasis>
. Distribution of
<emphasis id="B96EEADEFFDF1F4FFE7BFA5DFC3E8DE2" box="[419,967,1508,1529]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D4FFFDF1F4FFE7BFA5DFD5B8DE2" box="[419,674,1508,1529]" class="Liliopsida" family="Arecaceae" genus="Coccothrinax" kingdom="Plantae" order="Arecales" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="baracoensis">Coccothrinax baracoensis</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D4FFFDF1F4FFD74FA5DFCC88DE2" box="[684,817,1508,1529]" class="Liliopsida" family="Arecaceae" genus="Coccothrinax" kingdom="Plantae" order="Arecales" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="bonettiana">C. bonettiana</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D4FFFDF1F4FFCE3FA5DFC3D8DE2" box="[827,964,1508,1529]" class="Liliopsida" family="Arecaceae" genus="Coccothrinax" kingdom="Plantae" order="Arecales" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="borhidiana">C. borhidiana</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D4FFFDF1F4FFC2EFA5DFB8C8DE2" box="[1014,1141,1508,1529]" class="Liliopsida" family="Arecaceae" genus="Coccothrinax" kingdom="Plantae" order="Arecales" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="boschiana">
<emphasis id="B96EEADEFFDF1F4FFC2EFA5DFB8C8DE2" box="[1014,1141,1508,1529]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">C. boschiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B96EEADEFFDF1F4FFF65F991FE528E59" bold="true" box="[189,427,1576,1602]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Taxonomic notes:—</emphasis>
As a preliminary species,
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<emphasis id="B96EEADEFFDF1F4FFD11F991FC168E59" box="[713,1007,1576,1602]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Coccothrinax baracoensis</emphasis>
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has a unique combination of qualitative character states and is recognized as a phylogenetic species. The
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collection label gives the collectors as
<emphasis id="B96EEADEFFDF1F4FFA98F9F4FEB78E91" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">B. Muñoz &amp; R. Fleites 105</emphasis>
, although the protologue gives
<emphasis id="B96EEADEFFDF1F4FFD1EF9C8FC7A8E91" box="[710,899,1648,1675]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">O. Muñiz 15105</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D4FFFDF1F4FFC4EF9C9FB398E91" box="[918,1216,1648,1674]" class="Liliopsida" family="Arecaceae" genus="Coccothrinax" kingdom="Plantae" order="Arecales" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="baracoensis">
<emphasis id="B96EEADEFFDF1F4FFC4EF9C9FB398E91" box="[918,1216,1648,1674]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Coccothrinax baracoensis</emphasis>
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is known from
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and remains poorly known, and appears somewhat unusual among Cuban species. The leaf sheath fibers were described in the protologue as being densely woven and forming a ligule at the apex. They are here scored as stout, woody, closely woven, and ± joined at the apices. Inflorescences were described as erect and to
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long. The embryo was described as basal but it is clearly apical.
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has unusually thick stems, wide segments, and large fruits.
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