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|accepted_name=Coccothrinax argentata
|accepted_authority=(Jacquin) L. H. Bailey
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gentes Herb.
|place=4: 223. 1939
|year=1939
}}
|common_names=Silver palm
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Palma argentata
|authority=Jacquin
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Coccothrinax garberi
|authority=(Chapman) Sargent
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Coccothrinax jucunda
|authority=Sargent
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Thrinax argentea var. garberi
|authority=(Chapman) Chapman
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Thrinax garberi
|authority=Chapman
}}
|hierarchy=Arecaceae;Arecaceae subfam. Coryphoideae;Arecaceae tribe Corypheae;Arecaceae (tribe Corypheae) subtribe Thrinacinae;Coccothrinax;Coccothrinax argentata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Arecaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Arecaceae subfam. Coryphoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Arecaceae tribe Corypheae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Arecaceae (tribe Corypheae) subtribe Thrinacinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Coccothrinax]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Coccothrinax argentata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 100
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>generally solitary, 0–3 m, occasionally with vegetative sprouts forming on trunk. <b>Leaves</b> less than 1 m wide; segments silvery abaxially, stiff or lax. <b>Inflorescences</b> compact, not exceeding leaves; rachillae stiff; pedicels conspicuous. <b>Fruits</b> dark purple-black, globose, 6.5–12 mm diam. <b>2n</b> = 36.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Rocky, calcareous soil of coastal hammocks and scrub
|elevation=0–10 m
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies (Bahama Islands).
|discussion=<p>Palms of this species from Dade and Broward counties, Florida, are typically smaller in stature than those from the Florida Keys. It is not known if this dwarfism is purely the result of edaphic conditions or if it is a genetic trait.</p><!--
--><p>Coccothrinax argentata is found in the Florida Keys and extreme southern Florida as far north as the vicinity of Boca Raton, Palm Beach County. It also occurs in the Bahamas. It is usually a small, single-trunked palm but occasionally develops multiple stems. It is most easily distinguished from Thrinax morrisii, with which it is sometimes confused in Florida, by the obscure transverse venation in the leaves and the purple-black fruits on long pedicels (versus conspicuous transverse venation and white fruits on short pedicels in T. morrisii).</p><!--
--><p>This species has been reported (C. E. Nauman 1990) to produce sterile natural hybrids with Thrinax morrissii in the Florida Keys where the two species are sympatric.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Coccothrinax argentata
|author=
|authority=(Jacquin) L. H. Bailey
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Coccothrinax garberi;Coccothrinax jucunda;Thrinax argentea var. garberi;Thrinax garberi
|basionyms=Palma argentata
|family=Arecaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Rocky, calcareous soil of coastal hammocks and scrub
|elevation=0–10 m
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies (Bahama Islands).
|reference=None
|publication title=Gentes Herb.
|publication year=1939
|special status=
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|subfamily=Arecaceae subfam. Coryphoideae
|tribe=Arecaceae tribe Corypheae
|subtribe=Arecaceae (tribe Corypheae) subtribe Thrinacinae
|genus=Coccothrinax
|species=Coccothrinax argentata
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