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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
C. intertrappeansis, C. nucifera (type species), C. sahnii

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Eocene to the top of the Neogene or 56.00000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04India (Madhya Pradesh) Cocos intertrappeansis (224606)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9India (Rajasthan) Cocos sahnii (224742)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58India (Andhra Pradesh) Cocos sp., Cocos nucifera (224772)