Hemithrinax ekmaniana Burret (1929:9)
Palmita de jumagua, Trinac, Jumagua Palm
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Thrinax ekmaniana (Burret) Borhidi & O.Muñiz in Acta Bot. Hung. 31: 227 (1985)
Conservation Status
Last record: 5 April 1940 (Rodríguez Lima et al., 2017:130) or later
Rediscovered in 1978
Distribution
Cuba
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Burret, M. (1929). Palmae cubenses et domingenses a Cl. E. L. Ekman 1914–1923 lectae. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n. s., 6(7): 3-28.
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