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Tropical Plant Database - Plant Details
Copernicia cowellii
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Conservation Status
- IUCN: endangered
- USFWS: None
Family: ARECACEAE
Genus: Copernicia
Species: cowellii
Species Author: Britton & P. Wilson
Genus: Copernicia
Species: cowellii
Species Author: Britton & P. Wilson
This very slow growing palm is the smallest palm from the Copernicia genus growing only to about 2m. It has a single trunk and large, flat, fan shaped leaves with waxy, stiff, green fronds that are whitish underneath.
(Henderson, Andrew, Galeano, Gloria and Bernal, Rodrigo. 1997. Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas.)
(Henderson, Andrew, Galeano, Gloria and Bernal, Rodrigo. 1997. Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas.)
Copernicia cowelii is endemic to Cuba.
(Henderson, Andrew, Galeano, Gloria and Bernal, Rodrigo. 1997. Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas.)
(Information for this species compiled and recorded by Camelia Cirnaru, NTBG Consultant.)
(Henderson, Andrew, Galeano, Gloria and Bernal, Rodrigo. 1997. Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas.)
(Information for this species compiled and recorded by Camelia Cirnaru, NTBG Consultant.)
- 025890 - collected by Tim Flynn in 1994
We currently have 1 herbarium specimens for Copernicia cowellii in our collection. Click on any specimen below to view the herbarium sheet data.
