| 词条 | Copernicia |
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}} 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.[1] 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.
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. References1. ^1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Copernicia&page=quickSearch |title= Copernicia|accessdate=2014-08-11 |format= |work= Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families}} External links
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