Colpothrinax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Coryphoideae
Tribe:	Corypheae
Genus:	Colpothrinax Griseb. & H.Wendl.
Species
Colpothrinax aphanopetala Colpothrinax cookii Colpothrinax wrightii

Colpothrinax is a genus of palms native to Central America and the Caribbean. C. aphanopetala is found in southern Central America (from southeast Nicaragua to Panama), while C. cookii is found in northern Central America (from Belize to Honduras). The third species, C. wrightii, is endemic to southwest Cuba including the Isle of Youth.^[1]

Colpothrinax is a member of the subfamily Coryphoideae and the tribe Livistoneae, although its placement within the subtribe is uncertain, on the basis of plastid DNA^[2]

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