Coccothrinax ekmanii

Coccothrinax ekmanii, also known in Haitian Creole as gwenn^[2] or in Dominican Spanish as palma de guano, is an endangered species of palm which is endemic to the island of Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti).^[3]

Coccothrinax ekmanii
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Coccothrinax
Species:	C. ekmanii
Binomial name
Coccothrinax ekmanii Burret

Description

Like other members of the genus, C. ekmanii is a fan palm. Trees are single-stemmed, between 3 and 15 metres tall with stems 5 to 8 (occasionally 20) centimetres in diameter. The fruit is brownish, 5–6 millimetres in diameter.^[2] It grows on rocky hills or in dry scrub forest on limestone.^[2]