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Cocos nucifera L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 1188 (1753) Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000903570.

Synonyms of Cocos nucifera L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Palma cocos Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8. : n.° 2 (1768) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000263280
Calappa nucifera (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 982 (1891) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000766492
Cocos nucifera var. synphyllica Becc. Agric. Colon. 10: 586 (1916) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000793027
Cocos indica Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. : 395 (1840) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000903391
Cocos mamillaris Blanco Fl. Filip. : 722 (1837) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000903457
Cocos nana Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 166 (1851) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000903529
Diplothemium henryanum F.Br. Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 84: 128 (1931) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000944152
Cocos nucifera var. microcarpa Hassk. ex F.W.T.Hunger Cocos nucifera Handb. Kennis Cocos-palm Ned.-Ind. , ed. 2: 46 (1916) wfo-0001317037
Cocos nucifera var. javanica G.V.Narayana Indian Coconut J. 2: 216 (1949) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317045
Cocos nucifera var. alangan Blume Rumphia 3: 84 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317119
Cocos nucifera var. alba Blume Rumphia 3: 86 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317120
Cocos nucifera var. angustifolia Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt. : 66 (1844) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317121
Cocos nucifera var. aurea Anon. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 43: 257 (1908) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317122
Cocos nucifera var. austera Blume Rumphia 3: 84 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317123
Cocos nucifera var. bego Blume Rumphia 3: 84 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317124
Cocos nucifera var. buri Blume Rumphia 3: 84 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317125
Cocos nucifera var. calimbahin Blume Rumphia 3: 84 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317126
Cocos nucifera var. capuliformis Blume Rumphia 3: 87 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317127
Cocos nucifera var. cistiformis Blume Rumphia 3: 87 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317128
Cocos nucifera var. como Blume Rumphia 3: 85 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317129
Cocos nucifera var. crassissima Blume Rumphia 3: 84 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317130
Cocos nucifera var. delicata Blume Rumphia 3: 85 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317131
Cocos nucifera var. eburnea Blume Rumphia 3: 88 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317132
Cocos nucifera var. edulis Blume Rumphia 3: 85 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317133
Cocos nucifera var. elongata Blume Rumphia 3: 85 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317134
Cocos nucifera var. fibrosa Blume Rumphia 3: 86 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317135
Cocos nucifera var. fragilis Blume Rumphia 3: 88 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317136
Cocos nucifera var. humilis Blume Rumphia 3: 85 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317137
Cocos nucifera var. iners Blume Rumphia 3: 85 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317138
Cocos nucifera var. laetevirens Blume Rumphia 3: 85 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317139
Cocos nucifera var. lansiformis Blume Rumphia 3: 88 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317140
Cocos nucifera var. lolog Blume Rumphia 3: 85 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317141
Cocos nucifera var. machaeroides Blume Rumphia 3: 86 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317142
Cocos nucifera var. macrocarpa Blume Rumphia 3: 86 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317143
Cocos nucifera var. maldivica Blume Rumphia 3: 88 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317144
Cocos nucifera var. mamillaris (Blanco) Blume Rumphia 3: 84 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317145
Cocos nucifera var. nana (Griff.) G.V.Narayana Indian Coconut J. 2: 216 (1949) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317146
Cocos nucifera var. ossea Blume Rumphia 3: 85 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317147
Cocos nucifera var. pinang Blume Rumphia 3: 88 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317148
Cocos nucifera var. pretiosa Blume Rumphia 3: 87 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317149
Cocos nucifera var. pruniformis Blume Rumphia 3: 84 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317150
Cocos nucifera var. pumila Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 16 (1842) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317151
Cocos nucifera var. regia Blume Rumphia 3: 87 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317152
Cocos nucifera var. rubescens Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 18 (1842) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317153
Cocos nucifera var. rutila Blume Rumphia 3: 86 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317154
Cocos nucifera var. saccharina Blume Rumphia 3: 86 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317155
Cocos nucifera var. sapida Blume Rumphia 3: 86 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317156
Cocos nucifera var. spicata K.C.Jacob J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 41: 906 (1940) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317157
Cocos nucifera var. stupposa Blume Rumphia 3: 88 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317158
Cocos nucifera var. suavis Blume Rumphia 3: 84 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317159
Cocos nucifera var. subamara Blume Rumphia 3: 86 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317160
Cocos nucifera var. subcandida Blume Rumphia 3: 85 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317161
Cocos nucifera var. tabogog Blume Rumphia 3: 85 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317162
Cocos nucifera var. tamisan Blume Rumphia 3: 85 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317163
Cocos nucifera var. tenuissima Blume Rumphia 3: 84 (1847) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317164
Cocos nucifera var. viridis Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 16 (1842) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001317165
Cocos nucifera f. palmyrensis Becc. Bull. Coll. Hawaii Publ. 4: 44 (1916) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200010238
Cocos nucifera var. palmyrensis (Becc.) Becc. Agric. Colon. 10: 588 (1916) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200010539