⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-44645, and has not been changed.

Cocos nucifera L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Cocos (family Arecaceae).

The record derives from WCSP which reports it as an accepted name (record 44645) with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 1188 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:666160-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Calappa nucifera (L.) Kuntze	Synonym		WCSP
Cocos indica Royle	Synonym		WCSP
Cocos nana Griff.	Synonym		WCSP
Cocos nucifera var. synphyllica Becc.	Synonym		WCSP
Palma cocos Mill. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP