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Copernicia

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Copernicia Cuba Filecopernicia Hospita

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Copernicia is a genus of Arecaceae native to South America and the Greater Antilles. Of the known species and nothospecies (hybrids), 22 of the 27 are endemic to Cuba. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families They are fan palms (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaf with a bare petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets. The species are small to medium-sized growing to 5–30 m tall, typically occurring close to streams and rivers in savanna habitats.Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The genus is named after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. In some of the species, the leaves are coated with a thin layer of wax, known as carnauba wax.