Taxon:  Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.) Sarg. ex K. Schum.



Summary
Genus:
Coccothrinax
Family:
Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Coryphoideae
Tribe:
Cryosophileae
Nomen number:
10997
Place of publication:
Just's Bot. Jahresber. 27(1): 469.  1901
Comment:
authorship verified from original literature
Verified:
04/08/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
7 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Thrinax argentea Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.

Autonym(s)
Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.) Sarg. ex K. Schum. var. argentea

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Thrinax argentea Lodd. ex Desf., nom. nud.
Thrinax elegans hort. ex Schult. & Schult. f.

No images


Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage Note: lists as Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.) Sarg. ex Becc.
  2. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1315. Note: lists as Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.) Sarg. ex Becc.
  3. Glassman, S. F. 1972. A revision of B. E. Dahlgren's Index of American palms. Phanerog. Monogr. 6:1-294.
  4. Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield. 2005. World checklist of palms. Note: lists as Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.) Sarg. ex Becc.
  5. Henderson, A. et al. 1995. Field guide to the palms of the Americas Note: lists as Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.) Sarg. ex Becc.
  6. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: lists as Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd. ex Schult.) Sarg. ex Becc.
  7. León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba Note: lists as Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd.) Sarg.
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: lists as Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.) Sarg. ex Becc.
  9. Moore, H. E., Jr. 1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:138,174-5. Note: lists as Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.) Sarg. ex Becc.
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbroom palm  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: lists as Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.) Sarg. ex Becc.
Englishsilver thatch  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: lists as Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.) Sarg. ex Becc.
EnglishSilver thatch palm  1Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1315. Note: lists as Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.) Sarg. ex Becc.
Frenchlatanier balai  2Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: lists as Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd. ex Schult.) Sarg. ex Becc.
Spanishyuraguana  2León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba Note: lists as Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd.) Sarg.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominican Republic  Henderson, A. et al. 1995. Field guide to the palms of the Americas Note: lists as Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.) Sarg. ex Becc.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHaiti  Henderson, A. et al. 1995. Field guide to the palms of the Americas Note: lists as Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.) Sarg. ex Becc.
2Cultivated    also cult. 
Native
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Dominican Republic, Haiti
Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)
  1. Henderson, A. et al. 1995. Field guide to the palms of the Americas Note: lists as Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.) Sarg. ex Becc.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1315. Note: lists as Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.) Sarg. ex Becc.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=10997. Accessed 12 May 2026.