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The genus Cocos is in the family Arecaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cocos

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Cocos barbosii Barb.Rodr.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cocos cocogale Mart.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cocos cocoides Mart.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cocos edulis Barb.Rodr.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cocos gaertneri W.Watson	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cocos glaucescens Glaz.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cocos iagua Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cocos lapidea Gaertn.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cocos mamillaris Blanco	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cocos naja Arruda ex Kunth	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cocos nolaia-assu Wied-Neuw.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cocos nucifera L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cocos orbignyana Becc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cocos purusana Huber	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cocos regalis Liebm.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cocos sapida Barb.Rodr.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cocos ventricosa Arruda	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cocos virgata A.Usteri	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cocos yurumaguas H.Wendl.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 28 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cocos. Of these 1 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cocos. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 28 species names for the genus Cocos recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	1	3.6%
◕	Synonym	9	32.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	18	64.3%

All names

The status of the 29 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cocos recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	1	3.4%
◕	Synonym	10	34.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	18	62.1%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 28 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cocos, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	1	4	0	0	5	17.9%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	5	0	18	23	82.1%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Cocos is as follows: