Acrocomia crispa

Acrocomia crispa, the Cuban belly palm or Corojo palm, a palm species which is endemic to Cuba. Formerly placed in its own genus, Gastrococos, recent work found that that genus was nested within Acrocomia.[2] It is a tall, spiny palm with a trunk that is slender at the base, but swollen in the middle, giving it the name "Cuban belly palm" in English.[3]

Acrocomia crispa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Acrocomia
Species:
A. crispa
Binomial name
Acrocomia crispa
(Kunth) C. Baker ex. Becc.
Synonyms

Acrocomia armentalis (Morales) L.H. Bailey
Gastrococos crispa (Kunth) H.E. Moore
Acrocomia lasiospatha of Griseb.
Astrocaryum crispum (Kunth) Gomez Maca
Cocos crispa Kunth
Gastrococos armentalis (Morales)[1]

References
  1. Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-08537-1.
  2. Roncal, Julissa; Scott Zona; Carl E. Lewis (2008). "Molecular Phylogenetic Studies of Caribbean Palms (Arecaceae) and Their Relationships to Biogeography and Conservation". Botanical Review. 74 (1): 78–102. doi:10.1007/s12229-008-9005-9.
  3. Kyburz, Rolf. "Gastrococos crispa". PACSOA, the Palm and Cycad Society of Australia. Archived from the original on 2007-02-18. Retrieved 2007-02-21.
  1. "Acrocomia crispa". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2009-06-15.


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