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Cocos (coconut)

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

Taxonomy
Cocos was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Cocos nucifera.

It was assigned to Palmae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976); and to Arecaceae by Chauhan (1991), Srivastava (1991).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Cocos Linnaeus
1976Cocos Lakhanpal et al.
1991Cocos Chauhan
1991Cocos Srivastava

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
Monocots
familyArecaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1820
genusCocos

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Cocos Linnaeus 1753 [coconut]
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Cocos intertrappeansis Patil and Upadhye 1984
Cocos nucifera Linnaeus 1753
Cocos sahnii Kaul 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available