Carlo Morici

Carlo Morici (born July 8, 1974, in Messina, Italy) is an Italian botanist specialized in palm trees and also known for his landscaping projects.

In 2006, Morici described a new palm species native to southeast Cuba, Coccothrinax torrida [1], together with the Cuban botanist Raúl Verdecia.

He later designed new sections of the Palmetum, such as the areas dedicated to the flora of New Caledonia, Hawaii and North America, and the gardens on its southern, sea-facing, slopes.

La Palmera Canaria: Phoenix canariensis, in Spanish, published in the Canarian magazine Rincones del Atlántico, on the species in habitat [3].

File with pictures of Coccothrinax torrida, in PACSOA (Palms and Cycad Society of Australia) website.