Characteristics
Monocots
Cocos nucifera L.
COCONUT PALM
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Not Native UPL (NWPL) FISC(II)
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Classification
ARECALES
Cocos nucifera L. - COCONUT PALM
Citation
COCOS NUCIFERA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1188. 1753.
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INDIA: Without data (lectotype: Rheede, Hort. Malab. 1: t. 1-4. 1678). Lectotypified by H. E. Moore & Dransfield, Taxon 28: 64. 1979.
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

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County
County - Species Present
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Miami-Dade
NY
 
Monroe Keys
GH
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Calappa nucifera
Calappa nucifera (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 982. 1891.
BASIONYM: Cocos nucifera Linnaeus 1753.
 
Cocos mamillaris
Cocos mamillaris Blanco, Fl. Filip. 722. 1837.
 
TYPE: PHILIPPINES:
Cocos nana
Cocos nana Griffith, Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 166. 1851.
 
 
Cocos nucifera forma palmyrensis
Cocos nucifera Linnaeus, forma palmyensis Beccari, in Rock, Bull. Coll. Hawaii Publ. 4: 44, pl. 17-18. 1916.
 
TYPE: PALMYRA ISLAND:
Cocos nucifera var. alangan
Cocos nucifera Linnaeus, var. alangan Blume, Rumphia 3: 84. 1847.
 
TYPE: PHILIPPINES:
Cocos nucifera var. alba
Cocos nucifera Linnaeus, var. alba Blume, Rumphia 3: 86. 1847.
 
TYPE: INDONESIA: Molucca Islands:
Cocos nucifera var. angustifolia
Cocos nucifers Linnaeus, var. angustifolia Hasskarl, Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor Alt. 66. 1844.
 
TYPE: INDONESIA:
Cocos nucifera var. aurea
Cocos nucifera Linnaeus, var. aurea R. H. Pearson, Gard. Chron., ser. 3. 43: 256. 1908.
 
 
Cocos nucifera var. austera
Cocos nucifera Linnaeus, var. austera Blume, Rumphia 3: 84. 1847.
 
TYPE: PHILIPPINES:
Cocos nucifera var. bego
Cocos nucifera Linnaeus, var. bego Blume, Rumphia 3: 84. 1847.
 
TYPE: PHILIPPINES:
Specimens and Distribution

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Plant Photos
Cocos nucifera - 20
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Cocos nucifera - 139
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