title: Colpothrinax
text: # Colpothrinax
  
  Colpothrinax is a genus of palms native to Central America and the Caribbean. Colpothrinax is a member of subfamily Coryphoideae, tribe Trachycarpeae, although its placement within the subtribe is uncertain, on the basis of plastid DNA
  
  ## Species
  
  | Scientific name | Distribution |
  | - | - |
  | Colpothrinax aphanopetala | from southeast Nicaragua to Panama |
  | Colpothrinax cookii | from Belize to Honduras |
  | Colpothrinax wrightii | endemic to southwest Cuba including the Isle of Youth. |
  