Family: Arecaceae
[Simpsonia microcarpa (Sarg.) O.F. Cook, more... ]
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Leaves: sheath liguliform opposite petiole; hastula adaxially silky-pubescent; blades glaucous, with dark, minute dots on abaxial surface; segment apices stiff. Fruits: pedicel inconspicuous in fruit. 2n = 36.
Flowering spring--summer. Rocky, calcareous soil of coastal hammocks and scrub; 0--10 m; Fla.; West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles).
See Coccothrinax for discussion of hybridization with that genus.