Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Arecales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cocos nucifera
FAMILY
Arecaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cocos nucifera
FAMILY
Arecaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cocos nucifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cocos nucifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cocos nucifera
COMMON NAME:
Coconut Palm
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Keith Bradley kab_cocos_nucifera_72599
February Miami-Dade County FL
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Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org bug_5412967
Month Unknown HI
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Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org bug_5420661
Month Unknown HI
Fruit 20-30cm long (vs. that of Butia less than 3.5cm), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org bug_5421396
Month Unknown HI
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Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org bug_5421396b
Month Unknown HI
Petiole unarmed (vs. that of Butia and Phoenix with petiolar spines), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Whitney Cranshaw, Bugwood.org bug_5488766
Month Unknown Puerto Rico
Leaves pinnate (w well-developed central axis, blade much longer than wide), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
COMPARE
Palm and Palmetto species
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Patti Anderson, Identifying Commonly Cultivated Palms, USDA APHIS, Bugwood.org bug_5490957
Month Unknown
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Patti Anderson, Identifying Commonly Cultivated Palms, USDA APHIS, Bugwood.org bug_5491033
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cocos nucifera
FAMILY
Arecaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cocos nucifera
FAMILY
Arecaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cocos nucifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Cocos nucifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cocos nucifera
3955
Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: beaches, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Paleotropics
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Pinnately compound
Alternate, spirally arranged
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Staminate flowers creamy yellow
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
6 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Flowers in axillary inflorescences
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
green, yellow, or bronzy red when immature, brown when mature
Drupe
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