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Acoelorraphe wrightii (Grisebach & H. Wendland) H. Wendland ex Beccari. Common name: Everglades Palm, Saw Cabbage-palm, Cuban Palm, Paurotis Palm. Phenology: May-Jul. Habitat: Wet coastal hammocks, strand swamps, wet savannas, bay heads. Distribution: S. FL; West Indies; Gulf coast of Mexico (CAM, CHP, ROO, TAB, TAM, VER, YUC), Central America, and n. South America.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA22, K4, Mex, WH3, Zona (1997); = Acoelorrhaphe wrightii (Griseb. & H.Wendl.) H.Wendl. ex Becc. — Bah, orthographic variant; = Paurotis wrightii (Griseb. & H.Wendl.) Britton — S; Copernicia wrightii Griseb. & H.Wendl. Basionym: Copernicia wrightii Griseb. & H.Wendl. 1866

Links to other floras: = Acoelorraphe wrightii - FNA22

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 6

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