Arecaceae
Puerto Rico silver palm
Coccothrinax barbadensis
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Coccothrinax
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 杜银棕
- English
- Puerto Rico silver palm, Latanier, Latanier balai
- French
- Coccothrinas barbadensis
Synonyms
- Coccothrinax australis L.H.Bailey
- Coccothrinax boxii L.H.Bailey
- Coccothrinax discreta L.H.Bailey
- Coccothrinax dussiana L.H.Bailey
- Coccothrinax eggersiana Becc.
- Coccothrinax eggersiana var. sanctae-crucis Becc.
- Coccothrinax latifrons (O.F.Cook) Becc.
- Coccothrinax laxa (O.F.Cook) Becc.
- Coccothrinax martinicaensis Becc.
- Coccothrinax sabana L.H.Bailey
- Coccothrinax sanctae-thomae Becc.
- Copernicia barbadensis (Lodd. ex Mart.) Devansaye
- Thrinax barbadensis Lodd. ex Mart.
- Thrinax parviflora Maycock
- Thringis latifrons O.F.Cook
- Thringis laxa O.F.Cook
Flowers
- In flower
- August, October (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Maja Dumat, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof ZIarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof ZIarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, 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.