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Cocos nucifera L. (Sp. Pl. 1188. 1753) Localities: West Indies (exotic), Lesser Antilles (exotic) [Anguilla, Barbados, St. Lucia, ], Greater Antilles [ Cuba (exotic), Cayman Island (exotic), Hispaniola (exotic)[ Beata, Dominican Republic, Gonave, Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (naturalized)[ Magueyes, Mona, Santiago, Vieques], Virgin Islands (exotic) (Anegada, Guana Islands, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda ) ], Bahamas (exotic), North America (exotic: FL), Central America (exotic), Old World (native: Malesia to SW. Pacific), Common Names: Coco (Cuba), Coco (Dominican Republic), Coco (Puerto Rico), Coco blanco (Cuba), Coco indio (Cuba), Coco lait (Haiti), Coco morado (Cuba), Coconut (Bahamas), Coconut (L. Antilles), Cocotero (Cuba), Cocotero (Dominican Republic), Cocotero (Puerto Rico), Cocotier (Guadaloupe), Cocotier (Haiti), Cocotier (Martinique), Cocoyé (Dominican Republic), Cocoyeur (Haiti), Mata de coco (Dominican Republic), Noix de coco (Haiti), Noix de cocos (Guadaloupe), Noix de conoc (Haiti), Palma de coco (Dominican Republic), Palma de cocos (Cuba), Palma de cocos (Puerto Rico), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. and M.T. Strong. 2005. Monocots and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52: 1-415. 2). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581. 3). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 4). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 5). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 6). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 7). Hoyos F., J. 1985. Flora de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. 8). Kairo, M., B. Ali, O. Cheesman, K. Hayson, and S. Murphy. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean region. Report to Nature Conservancy. CAB International. 9). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 10). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 11). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 12). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 13). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 2008. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Website: apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do 14). Wunderlin, R.P., and B.F. Hansen. 2004. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Website: www.plantatlas.usf.edu. Last edited 24 Apr 12 |