Acoelorrhaphe
Acoelorrhaphe
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species Arecaceae
Morphological Summary
Monospecific genus of fan palms (Coryphoideae) native to Florida, the Caribbean, and Central America. Grows in dense colonies in wetlands and coastal swampy areas. Its slender, clustered stems give a highly ornamental habit. The only species, A. wrightii, is known as the Everglades palm or paurotis palm.
Distribution Florida (USA), Mexico, Cuba, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua
Conservation Not globally threatened; locally affected by wetland drainage
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Acoelorrhaphe wrightii
Everglades Palm / Paurotis Palm
Specimen ID RN-ACOE-00001
Origin Florida, México, Cuba, Belice, Centroamérica
Type Palms