1.26. Coccothrinax munizii Borhidi in Borhidi & Muñiz (1971b publ. 1972: 2).

Haitiella munizii (Borhidi) Borhidi in Borhidi & Kereszty (1979: 2).

Type:— CUBA. Prov. Oriente, ad Macambo inter San Antonio del Sur et Imias, 16 March 1970, A. Borhidi, O Muñiz & S. Vázquez 27117 (holotype HAC!, isotype BP n.v., BP image!)

Stems 4.3(3.5–5.0) m long and 5.3 cm diameter, solitary. Leaves more or less deciduous or only leaf bases persisting on stem; leaf sheath fibers 2.3(1.3–3.1) mm diameter, stout, woody, loosely woven, ± joined or briefly free at the apices; petioles 7.3(6.7–8.0) mm diameter just below the apex; palmans 7.5(6.3–8.7) cm long, relatively short, with the adaxial veins prominent and terminating in a slight raised ridge and distinct pulvinus; leaf blades wedge-shaped; segments 19(16–21) per leaf, the middle ones 28.1(26.5–31.5) cm long and 2.7(1.8–3.5) cm wide; segments not pendulous at the apices, giving the leaf a flat appearance; middle leaf segments tapering from base to apex, often folded, stiff and leathery, with or without scarcely developed shoulders, the apices sharply pointed and briefly splitting; middle leaf segment apices attenuate; leaf segments not waxy or sometimes with a deciduous, thin layer of wax adaxially; leaf segments densely indumentose abaxially, with irregularly shaped, persistent, interlocking, fimbriate hairs, each one with a rounded, raised, light green to greenish-brown center, without transverse veinlets. Inflorescences curving, arching, or pendulous amongst the leaves, with few to numerous partial inflorescences; rachis bracts narrow, closely sheathing, sparsely tomentose, usually without hairs at the apex; partial inflorescences 5–6; proximalmost rachillae straight, 4.6(4.0–5.2) cm long and 1.0(0.9–1.2) mm diameter in fruit; rachillae uneven at or near anthesis with lines of warty outgrowths, these often becoming more pronounced as fruits develop; stamens 8; fruit pedicels 0.2–0.3 mm long; fruits 3.9(3.7–4.2) mm long and 4.3(4.0–4.7) mm diameter, tan; fruit surfaces densely muricate; seed surfaces deeply lobed, the lobes running from base of seeds approximately to equator.

Distribution and habitat:— Cuba (Guantánamo) (Fig. 15) in dry, scrub forest on limestone cliffs near the sea at 163(25–300) m elevation.

Taxonomic notes:— As a preliminary species, Coccothrinax munizii has a unique combination of qualitative character states and is recognized as a phylogenetic species. It is one of only four species with small, muricate fruits, the other three ( C. boschiana, C. ekmanii, C. samanensis) are endemic to Hispaniola. Coccothrinax munizii appears most similar morphologically to C. boschiana (see notes under that species).