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            <p> Key to the species of  Coccothrinax in Hispaniola </p>
            <p> 1. Leaf segments pendulous at the apices, giving a three-dimensional appearance to the leaf; leaf segment hairs with a conspicuous elliptic center; Haiti (Tortuga island) and Dominican Republic (Morro de Monte Cristi)...............................................  C. argentata</p>
            <p>- Leaf segments not pendulous at the apices; leaf segment hairs without conspicuous centers ..........................................................2.</p>
            <p> 2. Leaf sheath fibers closely woven, forming persistent, triangular ligules at the apices; throughout Hispaniola ...............  C. argentea</p>
            <p>- Leaf sheath fibers not forming persistent, triangular ligules at the apices ........................................................................................3.</p>
            <p>3. Leaf sheath fibers thin (usually &lt;0.5 mm diameter), closely woven, not forming persistent ligules and soon disintegrating at the apices .................................................................................................................................................................................................4.</p>
            <p> - Leaf sheath fibers stout (usually&gt; 1 mm diameter), woody, loosely woven, ± joined or briefly free at the apices, or the inner and outer layer combining at the apices to  form erect , spine-like fibers, or stout (usually 0.3–0.5 mm diameter), loosely woven and forming a loose, hexagonal mesh, initially forming ligules at the apices .........................................................................................5. </p>
            <p> 4. Stems 4.4–15.0 cm diameter, not swollen; at 10–26 m elevation in southeastern Dominican Republic (La Altagracia, San Pedro de Macoris).......................................................................................................................................................................  C. barbadensis</p>
            <p> - Stems 11.0–50.0 cm diameter, sometimes swollen; throughout Hispaniola .........................................................................  C. spissa</p>
            <p>5. Fruits 8.3–16.4 mm long; at higher elevations ..................................................................................................................................6.</p>
            <p>- Fruits 3.9–7.9 mm long; at lower elevations .....................................................................................................................................7.</p>
            <p> 6. Palmans 8.3(3.5–15.3) cm long, relatively short, with the adaxial veins prominent and terminating in a slight raised ridge and distinct pulvinus; Dominican Republic (Sierra Martín García and Sierra de Baoruco) and Haiti (Massif de la Hotte and probably Massif de la Selle) .............................................................................................................................................................  C. scoparia</p>
            <p> - Palmans 20.1(12.0–26.50) cm long, relatively long, without prominent adaxial veins; Dominican Republic (Cordillera Central, Cordillera Septentrional, Sierra de Neiva) ........................................................................................................................  C. montana</p>
            <p>7. Fruit surfaces densely muricate .........................................................................................................................................................8.</p>
            <p>- Fruit surfaces smooth or sometimes with projecting fibers.............................................................................................................10.</p>
            <p> 8. Leaf sheath fibers combining at the apices to  form erect , spine-like fibers; southeastern Haiti (Sud-Est) and southwestern Dominican Republic (Barahona, Pedernales) .......................................................................................................................................  C. ekmanii</p>
            <p>- Leaf sheath fibers ± joined or briefly free at the apices ....................................................................................................................9.</p>
            <p> 9. Leaf blades orbicular; Dominican Republic (Azua)........................................................................................................  C. boschiana</p>
            <p> - Leaf blades wedge-shaped; northeastern Dominican Republic (Samaná) ....................................................................  C. samanensis</p>
            <p> 10. Inflorescences erect, at least initially, amongst or above the leaves; north-central Dominican Republic (Espaillat)....  C. bonettiana</p>
            <p>- Inflorescences curving, arching, or pendulous amongst the leaves.................................................................................................11.</p>
            <p>11. Leaf blades orbicular .......................................................................................................................................................................12.</p>
            <p>- Leaf blades wedge-shaped...............................................................................................................................................................14.</p>
            <p> 12. Leaf segments without indumentum abaxially; southern Haiti (Department Sud-Est).....................................................  C. concolor</p>
            <p>- Leaf segments densely indumentose abaxially................................................................................................................................13.</p>
            <p> 13. Fruits 3.8–4.7 mm diameter; seed surfaces lobed, the lobes running from base of seeds approximately to equator; northeastern Dominican Republic (El Seibo, Hato Mayor) .......................................................................................................  C. montgomeryana</p>
            <p> - Fruits 7.1–7.2 mm diameter; seed surfaces deeply lobed, the lobes running from base of seeds almost to apices; northwestern Haiti (Nord-Ouest)........................................................................................................................................................................  C. gracilis</p>
            <p> 14. Leaf segments densely indumentose abaxially; Haiti (Artibonite) ..............................................................................  C. gonaivensis</p>
            <p>- Leaf segments without indumentum abaxially................................................................................................................................15.</p>
            <p> 15. Leaf sheath fibers 0.3(0.2–0.4) mm diameter, forming a loose, hexagonal mesh, initially forming ligules at the apices; Dominican Republic (Independencia)..................................................................................................................................................  C. jimenezii</p>
            <p> - Leaf sheath fibers 1.3(1.1–1.5) mm diameter, ± joined or briefly free at the apices; Dominican Republic (Azua) .....  C. landestoyii</p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6117879C24161B62FF24FCCFFA655B88	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Henderson, Andrew;Fernández, Eladio;Montero, Oscar;Clase, Teodoro;Gratacos, Xavier;Bacon, Christine D.	Henderson, Andrew, Fernández, Eladio, Montero, Oscar, Clase, Teodoro, Gratacos, Xavier, Bacon, Christine D. (2023): Five new species of Coccothrinax (Cryosophileae, Coryphoideae, Arecaceae) from Hispaniola. Phytotaxa 589 (2): 101-111, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.589.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN
