Copernicia

Copernicia is a genus of palms, native to South America and the Greater Antilles. Of the known species and nothospecies (hybrids), 22 of the 27 are endemic to Cuba. They are fan palms (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaves with a bare petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets. The species are small to medium-sized trees growing to 5-30 m tall, typically occurring close to streams and rivers in savanna habitats.Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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1. Copernicia alba Morong - Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso Sul
2. Copernicia baileyana León - Cuba
3. Copernicia berteroana Becc. - Hispaniola
4. Copernicia brittonorum León - Cuba
5. Copernicia x burretiana León - Cuba (C. hospita × C. macroglossa)
6. Copernicia cowellii Britton & P.Wilson - Camagüey Province in Cuba
7. Copernicia curbeloi León - Cuba
8. Copernicia curtissii Becc. - Cuba
9. Copernicia ekmanii Burret - Haiti
10. Copernicia fallense León - Cuba
11. Copernicia gigas Ekman ex Burret - Cuba
12. Copernicia glabrescens H.Wendl. ex Becc - Cuba
13. Copernicia hospita Mart. - Cuba
14. Copernicia humicola León - Cuba
15. Copernicia longiglossa León - Cuba
16. Copernicia macroglossa Schaedtler - Cuba
17. Copernicia molineti León - Cuba
18. Copernicia x occidentalis León - Cuba (C. brittonanum × C. hospita)
19. Copernicia prunifera (Mill.) H.E.Moore - northeastern Brazil
20. Copernicia rigida Britton & P.Wilson - Cuba
21. Copernicia roigii León - Cuba
22. Copernicia × shaferi Dahlgren & Glassman - Cuba (C. cowellii × C. hospita)
23. Copernicia x sueroana León - Cuba (C. hospita × C. rigida)
24. Copernicia tectorum (Kunth) Mart. - Colombia, Venezuela
25. Copernicia × textilis León - Cuba (C. baileyana × C. hospita)
26. Copernicia × vespertilionum León - Cuba (C. gigas × C. rigida)
27. Copernicia yarey Burret - Cuba

The genus is named after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.

In some of the species, the leaves are coated with a thin layer of wax, known as carnauba wax.