Thrinax

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title: "Thrinax" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["thrinax", "arecaceae-genera", "trees-of-the-caribbean", "taxa-named-by-olof-swartz"] description: "Genus of palms" topic_path: "general/thrinax" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrinax" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of palms ::

|image = Thrinax radiata0.jpg |image_caption = Thrinax radiata |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Thrinax |authority = L.f. ex Sw. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = Thrinax excelsa

Thrinax parviflora

Thrinax radiata |synonyms_ref = |synonyms = Porothrinax H.Wendl. ex Griseb.

Thrinax is a genus in the palm family, native to the Caribbean. It is closely related to the genera Coccothrinax, Hemithrinax and Zombia. Flowers are small, bisexual and are borne on small stalks.

Taxonomy

|caption=Simplified phylogeny of the Cryosophileae based on four nuclear genes and the matK plastid gene. |cladogram={{clade|style=font-size:85%;line-height:85% |label1=Cryosophileae |1={{clade |1=Trithrinax |2={{clade |1={{clade |1= Itaya |2 = Sabinaria |2={{clade |1= Chelyocarpus |2={{clade |1= Cryosophila |2={{clade |1={{clade |1= Schippia |2={{clade |1= Thrinax |2={{clade |1= Leucothrinax |2= Hemithrinax |2={{clade |1= Zombia |2= Coccothrinax In the first edition of Genera Palmarum (1987), Natalie Uhl and John Dransfield placed the genus Thrinax in subfamily Coryphoideae, tribe Corypheae and subtribe Thrinacinae. Subsequent phylogenetic analyses showed that the Old World and New World members of Thrinacinae are not closely related and as a consequence, Thrinax and related genera were transferred into their own tribe, Cryosophileae. In 2008, Leucothrinax morrisii (formerly T. morrisii) was split from Thrinax after phylogenetic studies showed that its inclusion in Thrinax would render that genus paraphyletic.

Species

Thrinax consists of three species. ::data[format=table]

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
[[File:Thrinax excelsa1.jpg	120px]]	Thrinax excelsa
[[File:Thrinax-paviflora-var-paviflora.jpg	120px]]	Thrinax parviflora
[[File:Thrinax Radiata.JPG	120px]]	Thrinax radiata
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References

References

1. "''Thrinax''". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
2. Henderson, Andrew. (1995). "Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas". Princeton University Press.
3. (2018). "The roles of dispersal and mass extinction in shaping palm diversity across the Caribbean". Journal of Biogeography.
4. Uhl, Natalie E.. (1987). "Genera Palmarum: a classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore Jr". The L. H. Bailey Hortorium and the International Palm Society.
5. Dransfield, John. (2005). "A New Phylogenetic Classification of the Palm Family, Arecaceae". Kew Bulletin.
6. Lewis, Carl E.. (2008). "''Leucothrinax morrisii'', a new name for a familiar Caribbean palm". Palms.

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