Thrinax excelsa

Thrinax excelsa
	Thrinax excelsa at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, United States
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Thrinax
Species:	T. excelsa
Binomial name
	Thrinax excelsa; Lodd. ex Mart.

Thrinax excelsa, commonly known as broad thatch, is a species of palm which is endemic to Jamaica.

Description

Thrinax excelsa is a fan palm with solitary stems that range from 3 to 11 metres (9.8 to 36.1 ft) tall and 12.5 to 20 centimetres (4.9 to 7.9 in) in diameter. Plants have between 6 and 17 palmately compound leaves with 52 to 65 leaflets. The inflorescences are arched and are not longer than the leaves. The bisexual flowers are small. The fruit are small, single-seeded, globose and white when mature.^[1]

Distribution

The species is endemic to Jamaica, which it grows between 300 and 500 metres (980 and 1,640 ft) above sea level in the John Crow Mountains.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 43–44. ISBN 0-691-08537-4.

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[Henderson-1] Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 43–44. ISBN 0-691-08537-4.

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