View source for Cocos ← Cocos You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Cocos |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=2: 1188. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5; 495, 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=Coconut palm palm;cocotier |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Arecaceae;Arecaceae subfam. Arecoideae;Arecaceae tribe Cocoeae;Arecaceae (tribe Cocoeae) subtribe Butiinae;Cocos |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Arecaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Arecaceae subfam. Arecoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Arecaceae tribe Cocoeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Arecaceae (tribe Cocoeae) subtribe Butiinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cocos]]</div></div> |etymology=derivation of name uncertain |volume=Volume 22 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 119 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem architecture or arrangement or growth form;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem fragility;stem architecture;nodal ring prominence"><b>Stems </b>solitary, erect or ascending, often leaning, robust, unarmed, trunks with conspicuous nodal rings.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="sheath relief;sheath pubescence or relief"><b>Leaves:</b> sheath coarse, cloth-like, not forming crownshaft;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="petiole architecture">petiole unarmed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="petiole base architecture or shape">petiole base entire;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade architecture or shape;blade architecture">blade pinnate, unarmed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="">plication reduplicate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="segment arrangement;apex shape">segments regularly arranged, apices acute.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence orientation"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary within crown of leaves, paniculate, with 1 or 2 orders of branching, stiffly ascending;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="prophyll height or length or size">prophyll short;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="peduncular bract texture;peduncular bract architecture or shape;peduncular bract architecture or dehiscence;peduncular bract shape">peduncular bract woody, beaked, splitting abaxially, becoming boatshaped;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="rachilla pubescence">rachillae glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture;flower quantity;flower architecture;flower quantity;flower architecture;flower architecture;flower arrangement"><b>Flowers </b>unisexual, sessile, in triads of 1 pistillate flower flanked by 2 staminate flowers, staminate flowers borne singly along distal portions of rachillae.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower architecture;sepal quantity;sepal arrangement;sepal fusion"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: sepals 3, imbricate, free;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="flower architecture;petal quantity;petal arrangement or dehiscence">petals 3, valvate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen quantity;stamen fusion">stamens 6, free;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="flower architecture;anther shape">anthers sagittate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="flower architecture;slender lobe quantity">pistillode with 3 slender lobes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="flower architecture;flower size"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers borne basally on rachillae, massive;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal arrangement;sepal fusion;sepal shape">sepals 3, imbricate, free, more or less ± reniform;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="petal quantity;petal arrangement;petal fusion;petal size;petal arrangement">petals 3, imbricate, free, large, imbricate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="ring width">staminode a thin ring at base of pistil;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="pistil quantity;pistil size">pistils 1, large;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s22" data-properties="ovule quantity;ovule quantity;ovule reproduction">ovules 3, but usually only 1 ovule fertile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s23" data-properties="style prominence">styles indistinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s24" data-properties="stigma quantity">stigmas 3.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s25" data-properties="fruits drupe diameter;fruits drupe shape;fruits drupe condition or texture"><b>Fruits </b>drupes, greater than 10 cm diam., strongly to obscurely 3-angled, dry;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s26" data-properties="exocarp coloration;exocarp width;exocarp architecture or pubescence or relief">exocarp brown, thin, smooth;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s27" data-properties="mesocarp texture;mesocarp condition or texture">mesocarp very fibrous, dry;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s28" data-properties="endocarp width;endocarp texture;basal pore quantity;basal pore character">endocarp thick, bony, with 3 basal germination pores.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s29" data-properties="seed size;seed architecture;seed architecture"><b>Seeds </b>very large, hollow and fluid-filled;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s30" data-properties="seed endosperm variability;seed endosperm coating">endosperm lining cavity of seed, homogeneous, oily;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s31" data-properties="embryo position">embryo basal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s32" data-properties="eophyll architecture or shape">eophyll 2-cleft, segments lanceolate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s33" data-properties="segment shape">xn = 16.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Pantropical |discussion=<p>Originally from Melanesia (H. C. Harries 1978, 1992), the coconut is now almost universally cultivated in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. The earliest record of its introduction into Florida is from the early nineteenth century (D. F. Austin 1978b). The plant persists after cultivation, and fruits with germinating seeds may be found in abandoned or disturbed sites along coastal southern Florida. The species is included here because it regenerates in the managed and disturbed strand vegetation in southern Florida.</p><!-- --><p>Species 1.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=austin1978b |text=Austin, D. F. 1978b. The coconut in Florida. Principes 22: 83--87. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=harries1978a |text=Harries, H. C. 1978. The evolution, dissemination, and classification of Cocos nucifera L. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 44: 265--320. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=harries1992a |text=Harries, H. C. 1992. Biogeography of the coconut Cocos nucifera L. Principes 36: 155--162. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Cocos |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=subtribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Arecaceae |distribution=Pantropical |reference=austin1978b;harries1978a;harries1992a |publication title=Sp. Pl. |publication year=1754 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/62857cf6bca5c4637d27b113da92d27dbf9962f4/V22/V22_478.xml |subfamily=Arecaceae subfam. Arecoideae |tribe=Arecaceae tribe Cocoeae |subtribe=Arecaceae (tribe Cocoeae) subtribe Butiinae |genus=Cocos |anther shape=sagittate |apex shape=acute |basal pore character=germination |basal pore quantity=3 |blade architecture=unarmed |blade architecture or shape=pinnate |embryo position=basal |endocarp texture=osseous |endocarp width=thick |eophyll architecture or shape=2-cleft |exocarp architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth |exocarp coloration=brown |exocarp width=thin |flower architecture=pistillate;staminate;staminate;staminate;staminate;staminate;staminate;staminate;pistillate;sessile |flower arrangement=singly |flower quantity=2;1 |flower reproduction=unisexual |flower size=massive |fruits drupe condition or texture=dry |fruits drupe shape=3-angled |inflorescence arrangement=paniculate |inflorescence orientation=ascending |inflorescence position=axillary |mesocarp condition or texture=dry |mesocarp texture=fibrous |nodal ring prominence=conspicuous |ovule quantity=1;3 |ovule reproduction=fertile |peduncular bract architecture or dehiscence=splitting |peduncular bract architecture or shape=beaked |peduncular bract shape=boat-shaped |peduncular bract texture=woody |petal arrangement=imbricate;imbricate |petal arrangement or dehiscence=valvate |petal fusion=free |petal quantity=3;3 |petal size=large |petiole architecture=unarmed |petiole base architecture or shape=entire |pistil quantity=1 |pistil size=large |prophyll height or length or size=short |rachilla pubescence=glabrous |ring width=thin |seed architecture=fluid-filled;hollow |seed endosperm coating=oily |seed endosperm variability=homogeneous |seed size=large |segment arrangement=arranged |segment shape=lanceolate |sepal arrangement=imbricate;imbricate |sepal fusion=free;free |sepal quantity=3;3 |sepal shape=reniform |sheath pubescence or relief=cloth-like |sheath relief=coarse |slender lobe quantity=3 |stamen fusion=free |stamen quantity=6 |stem architecture=unarmed |stem architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |stem fragility=robust |stem orientation=leaning;ascending;erect |stigma quantity=3 |style prominence=indistinct }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Arecaceae (tribe Cocoeae) subtribe Butiinae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Arecaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Cocos.