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Copernicia is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of 24 species of palms
Arecaceae

Palm or Palmae or Panamea , the palm family, is a family of flowering plants belonging to the Monocotyledon order, Arecales. There are roughly 202 currently known Genus with around 2600 species, most of which are restricted to tropics, subtropics, and warm temperate climates....
, native to South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
 and the Caribbean
Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and Northern America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America....
. They are fan palms
List of Arecaceae genera

This is a list of all the genus in the botanical family Arecaceae, the palm tree family, arranged by tribe within the family.File:Starr_011205-0026_Archontophoenix_alexandrae.jpg...
 (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaves
Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
 with a bare petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets. The species are small to medium-sized tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s growing to 5-30 m tall, typically occurring close to streams and rivers in savanna
Savanna

A savanna, or savannah, is a tropical, subtropical or temperate woodland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the Canopy does not close....
 habitats.

Species and hybrids






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Copernicia is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of 24 species of palms
Arecaceae

Palm or Palmae or Panamea , the palm family, is a family of flowering plants belonging to the Monocotyledon order, Arecales. There are roughly 202 currently known Genus with around 2600 species, most of which are restricted to tropics, subtropics, and warm temperate climates....
, native to South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
 and the Caribbean
Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and Northern America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America....
. They are fan palms
List of Arecaceae genera

This is a list of all the genus in the botanical family Arecaceae, the palm tree family, arranged by tribe within the family.File:Starr_011205-0026_Archontophoenix_alexandrae.jpg...
 (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaves
Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
 with a bare petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets. The species are small to medium-sized tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s growing to 5-30 m tall, typically occurring close to streams and rivers in savanna
Savanna

A savanna, or savannah, is a tropical, subtropical or temperate woodland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the Canopy does not close....
 habitats.

Species and hybrids
  • Copernicia alba
    Copernicia alba

    Copernicia alba is a South American species of palm tree, which is found in in the humid part of the Gran Chaco ecoregion in Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina ....
  • Copernicia baileyana
    Copernicia baileyana

    Copernicia baileyana is a Arecaceae which is endemic to eastern and central Cuba. Like other members of this genus, C. baileyana is a fan palm....
  • Copernicia berteroana
    Copernicia berteroana

    Copernicia berteroana is a Arecaceae which is endemic to Hispaniola; it is also reported from Cura?ao, but probably as a cultivated species....
  • Copernicia brittonorum
    Copernicia brittonorum

    Copernicia brittonorum is a Arecaceae which is endemic to western and west central Cuba.References...
  • Copernicia x burretiana
  • Copernicia cowellii
    Copernicia cowellii

    Copernicia cowellii is a Arecaceae which is endemic to Camag?ey Province, Cuba.References...
  • Copernicia curbeloi
    Copernicia curbeloi

    Copernicia curbeloi is a Arecaceae which is endemic to Cuba. Cuba.References...
  • Copernicia curtissii
    Copernicia curtissii

    Copernicia curtissii is a Arecaceae which is endemic to Cuba.References...
  • Copernicia ekmanii
    Copernicia ekmanii

    Copernicia ekmanii is a Arecaceae which is endemic to northern Haiti.References...
  • Copernicia × escarzana
  • Copernicia fallense
  • Copernicia gigas
    Copernicia gigas

    Copernicia gigas is a Arecaceae which is endemic to eastern Cuba.References...
  • Copernicia glabrescens
    Copernicia glabrescens

    Copernicia glabrescens is a Arecaceae which is endemic to western and west central Cuba.References...
  • Copernicia hospita
    Copernicia hospita

    Copernicia hospita is a Arecaceae which is endemic to Cuba.References...
  • Copernicia humicola
    Copernicia humicola

    Copernicia humicola is a Arecaceae which is endemic to Cuba.References...
  • Copernicia longiglossa
    Copernicia longiglossa

    Copernicia longiglossa is a Arecaceae which is endemic to eastern Cuba.References...
  • Copernicia macroglossa
    Copernicia macroglossa

    Copernicia macroglossa is a Arecaceae which is endemic to western and central Cuba.References...
  • Copernicia molineti
    Copernicia molineti

    Copernicia molineti is a Arecaceae which is endemic to Cuba.References...
  • Copernicia x occidentalis
  • Copernicia prunifera
  • Copernicia rigida
    Copernicia rigida

    Copernicia rigida is a type of Arecaceae endemic to eastern and central Cuba. east and central Cuba.References...
  • Copernicia roigii
    Copernicia roigii

    Copernicia roigii is a Arecaceae which is endemic to Cuba.References...
  • Copernicia × shaferi
  • Copernicia x sueroana
  • Copernicia × textilis
  • Copernicia tectorum
    Copernicia tectorum

    Copernicia tectorum is a Arecaceae which is native to Colombia and northern Venezuela, where it is known as palma llanera....
  • Copernicia × vespertilionum
  • Copernicia yarey
    Copernicia yarey

    Copernicia yarey is a Arecaceae which is endemic to Cuba.References...


    • The genus is named after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus
    Nicolaus Copernicus

    Nicolaus Copernicus was the first astronomer to formulate a scientifically-based heliocentrism cosmology that displaced the Earth from the center of the universe....
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    In some of the species, the leaves are coated with a thin layer of wax
    Wax

    Wax has traditionally referred to a substance that is secreted by bees and used by them in constructing their honeycombs.It is an imprecisely defined term generally understood to be a substance with properties similar to beeswax, namely...
    , known as carnauba wax
    Carnauba wax

    Carnauba is a wax derived from the leaves of the carnauba palm, Copernicia prunifera, a plant native to and grown only in the northeastern Brazil states of Piau?, Cear?, and Rio Grande do Norte....
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