Leucothrinax morrisii, the Key thatch palm, is a small palm which is native to the Greater Antilles (except Jamaica), northern Lesser Antilles, The Bahamas and Florida and the Florida Keys in the United States.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Key Thatch Palm being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Thrinax radiata
- Coccothrinax argentata
- Acoelorraphe wrightii
- Coccothrinax readii
- Coccothrinax alta
- Sabal etonia
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Arecales
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Leucothrinax
- Species
- Leucothrinax morrisii
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