Copernicia rigida: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Arecales
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Copernicia
- Species
- Copernicia rigida
- Scientific Name
- Copernicia rigida
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Copernicia rigida
Copernicia rigida (commonly known as the jata palm) is a type of palm endemic to eastern and central Cuba. The ligules, the largest of any palm, are up to 100 cm (39 in) long by up to 21 cm (8.3 in) wide. The overall appearance of the palm resembles a shaving brush.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Copernicia alba
- Copernicia baileyana
- Copernicia berteroana
- Copernicia brittonorum
- Copernicia cowellii
- Copernicia curbeloi
- Copernicia curtissii
- Copernicia ekmanii
- Copernicia fallaensis
- Copernicia gigas
- Copernicia glabrescens
- Copernicia hospita
- Copernicia humicola
- Copernicia longiglossa
- Copernicia macroglossa
- Copernicia molinetii
- Copernicia oxycalyx
- Copernicia prunifera
- Copernicia rigida
- Copernicia roigii
- Copernicia tectorum
- Copernicia yarey
- Copernicia × burretiana
- Copernicia × occidentalis
- Copernicia × shaferi
- Copernicia × sueroana
- Copernicia × textilis
- Copernicia × vespertilionum