Arecaceae

Puerto Rico manac

Calyptronoma rivalis (O.F.Cook) L.H.Bailey

Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Calyptronoma

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Puerto Rico manac: Calyptronoma rivalis at Mounts Botanical Garden, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA — Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 河边肖椰子
English: Puerto Rico manac, Puerto Rican manac palm

Synonyms

Calyptrogyne quisqueyana (L.H.Bailey) León
Calyptrogyne rivalis (O.F.Cook) León
Calyptronoma quisqueyana L.H.Bailey
Cocops rivalis O.F.Cook

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Puerto Rico: native

Photos

Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.