Thrinax radiata Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f. (in J.J. Roemer & J.A. Schultes, Syst. Veg. 7: 1301. 1830.)
Localities: West Indies (native), Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Cayman Island (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Gonave, Haiti, Navassa,], Virgin Islands (cultivated) ( ) ], Bahamas (native), North America (native: FL), Mexico (Yucatan), Central America (Honduras),
Common Names: Guano de costa (Dominican Republic), Large-fruited thatch-palm (Bahamas), Miraguano (Cuba), Miraguano de lana (Cuba), Palma blanca (Cuba), Palma campeche (Cuba), Palma porothrinax pumilo (Cuba), Palma thrinax martíi (Cuba), Yuraguana dulce (Cuba),
Synonyms: Coccothrinax martii (Griseb.) Becc. (Webbia 2: 305. 1907.), Porothrinax pumilio H. Wendl. ex Griseb. (Cat. Pl. Cub. 221. 1866), Thrinax maritima Lodd. ex Mart. (Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 320. 1853.), Thrinax martii Griseb. (Cat. Pl. Cub. 221. 1866), Thrinax montana Lodd. ex Mart. (Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 320. 1853.), Thrinax parviflora sensu Britton & Millsp., non Sw. (Bahama Fl. 59. 1920.), Thrinax wendlandiana Becc. (Webbia 2: 265. 1907.),
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