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|genus=Thrinax
|genus=Thrinax
|common_name=Thatch Palm
|common_name=Thatch Palm
|habit=palm-cycad
|lifespan=perennial
|exposure=sun
|features=evergreen, foliage
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|Temp Metric=°F
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|image_caption=Thrinax radiata
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'''''Thrinax''''' is a [[genus]] in the [[Arecaceae|palm family]], native to the wider [[Caribbean]]. It is closely related to the genera ''[[Coccothrinax]]'', ''[[Hemithrinax]]'' and ''[[Zombia]]''.<ref name = Henderson>{{cite book |last=Henderson |first=Andrew |authorlink= Andrew Henderson (botanist) |coauthors=[[Gloria Galeano]]; [[Rodrigo Bernal]] |title=Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas |year=1995 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, New Jersey |unused_data=|Andrew Henderson}} ISBN 0-691-08537-4</ref> Flowers are small and bisexual, and are borne on small stalks.
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| lifespan = perennial
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Thrinax (Greek, fan). Palmaceae, tribe Corypheae. Thatch Palm. Fan palms well adapted for pot culture.
Thrinax (Greek, fan). Palmaceae, tribe Corypheae. Thatch Palm. Fan palms well adapted for pot culture.
==Species==
==Species==
''Thrinax'' consists of four species{{wp}}.
''Thrinax'' consists of four species. Three of them are single-island [[endemic (ecology)|endemics]] - ''[[Thrinax ekmaniana]]'' is exclusively endemic to hills [[Mogotes de Jumagua]], [[Cuba]] while ''[[Thrinax excelsa]]'' and ''[[Thrinax parviflora]]'' are endemic to [[Jamaica]]. The fourth species, ''[[Thrinax radiata]]'', is more widespread - it is present in the [[Greater Antilles]], [[the Bahamas]], south [[Florida]], [[Mexico]] and [[Central America]].{{wp}}.
*''[[Thrinax ekmaniana]]''
*''[[Thrinax ekmaniana]]''
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