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§1 Plant

Leucothrinax morrisii (H. Wendl.) C.Lewis & Zona

vernacular Key thatch palm — species · Arecaceae

USDA
LEMO5
GBIF
2731966
Rank
species
Key thatch palm (Leucothrinax morrisii)
Platephotograph · Jenny EvansCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub, Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Arecaceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Leucothrinax
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • NAV Navassa Island Native
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
  • VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b

County-level range

· 17 counties across 2 states/territories
Legend Native · 17 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 17 counties across 2 states/territories.

Florida view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Puerto Rico view state ↗ 15 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/LEMO5 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2731966 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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