Taxon:
Leucothrinax morrisii (H. Wendl.) C. Lewis & Zona
Summary
Place of publication:
Palms 52:87. 2008
Verified:
03/16/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Dransfield, J. et al. 2008. Genera palmarum: the evolution and classification of palms 230-232.
- Lewis, C. E. & S. Zona. 2008. Leucothrinax morrisii, a new name for a familiar Caribbean palm. Palms (1999+) 52:84-88.
Common names
English
brittle thatch – buffalo thatch – Key palm – Key thatch palm – silvertop-palmetto – German
westindische Schilfpalme –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | s. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Anguilla | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | Barbuda | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Turks and Caicos Islands | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Northern America
-
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida (s.)]
Southern America
-
CARIBBEAN:
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda [Barbuda], Bahamas, Cuba, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States [Puerto Rico]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | fide Dict Gard, as Thrinax morrisii; Zander ed14, as Thrinax morrisii | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |