Genus Thrinax

Species in the genus Thrinax of plants

Thrinax ekmaniana - It is an endemic palm of Mogotes de Jumagua in northern Cuba. This absolutely unique little treasure survives only on three of the small mogotes where it was rediscovered in 1978 by a Group of paleontologists and naturalists looking for fossils in the caverns and cataloging the fauna and flora of these small mountains . A small number under 100 individuals cling to the steep cliffs. The Jumagua Palm has a gray trunk about 5 cm in diameter holding a spherical and very dense crown of stiff, spiky light green leaves that have almost no stalks and therefore sit very close together.