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Pseudophoenix sargentii, commonly known as the Florida cherry palm[3] or buccaneer palm,[4] is a medium-sized palm native to the northern Caribbean, eastern Mexico, and extreme southeast Atlantic Florida.[5]

Pseudophoenix sargentii
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Pseudophoenix
Species:	P. sargentii
Binomial name
Pseudophoenix sargentii H.Wendl. ex Sarg.

Description

Pseudophoenix sargentii is usually near the sea on sandy or limestone soils. The palm grows in a ringed truck fashion to 8 metres tall and up to 30 centimetres in diameter, often slightly swollen. Yellowish flowers are spaced in loose clusters.[4]

Conservation

This species is thought to perhaps be secure in the wild, although little data exists on the abundance or distribution of its worldwide population. In Florida, this species is considered critically endangered. It was historically found only on Elliott Key, Long Key, and Sands Key.[6] A large population from Long Key was destroyed in the early 20th century after they were dug and sold as ornamentals. Today, the only natural population remaining in Florida is on Elliott Key, consisting of less than 50 individuals.[7] It is considered Vulnerable by the IUCN.

Cultivation

Pseudophoenix sargentii is a handsome palm and cultivated in the specialty horticulture trade and available as an ornamental palm for private gardens, habitat gardens, and various types of municipal, commercial, and agency sustainable landscape and restoration projects.[4]

References

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[es] Pseudophoenix sargentii

Pseudophoenix sargentii (palma de guinea, cacheo, palma kuka)[1][2] es una palmera de la familia Arecaceae y endémica de las costas de la Península de Yucatán. Es apreciada ornamentalmente y hoy se le encuentra en el norte del Caribe, sur de Dominica y partes adyacentes del continente (Florida en los Estados Unidos, Quintana Roo en México[2] y Belice)[3] junto al mar en suelos de arena o caliza.

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