Cocos nucifera var. palmyrensis (Beccari) Pignotti & Baldini, 2020

Harries, Hugh C., Pignotti, Lia & Baldini, Riccardo M., 2020, Unraveling the taxonomic identity of Cocos nucifera f. palmyrensis (Arecaceae: Cocoseae), Candollea 75 (1), pp. 25-30 : 28

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15553/c2020v751a2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5714352
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EDA207-FFBC-E402-FFFB-FEB2FDD2D710
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Cocos nucifera var. palmyrensis (Beccari) Pignotti & Baldini
status	stat. nov.

Treatment

Cocos nucifera var. palmyrensis (Beccari) Pignotti & Baldini View in CoL , stat. nov.

≡ Cocos nucifera f. palmyrensis Beccari View in CoL in Rock, Bull. Coll. Hawaii Publ. 4: 44. 1916.

Lectotypus (designated here): PALMYRA ISLAND: “Palyra [sic!] Islands (Oceano Pacifico)”, 1914, Rock s.n. ( FI [ FI018792 ]!) . Syntypus: PALMYRA ISLANDS: “Palmyra Islands”, 1914, Rock s.n. ( FI [ FI018793 ]!) .

Notes. – Only two fruits have been retrieved at FI. The largest one [FI018792] and the second largest [FI018793]. The cross-sectioned ( Fig. 2A View Fig , bottom) and the fourth, slender one ( Fig. 2B View Fig , bottom) are inexplicably missing. Somewhat blurred annotations in Beccari’s handwriting are present on the smooth surface of the husk of each coconut fruit ( Fig. 3 View Fig ). Probably written by fountain pen or indelible pencil, the two annotations had apparently been overlooked since 1937, when Beccari’s Herbarium Palmarum was acquired by FI ( CUCCUINI & NEPI, 2006). [FI018792] bears “Palyra [sic!] Islands/ (Oceano Pacifico)/ Dal Sig. Rock 1914/ Collez. O. Beccari” ( Fig. 3A View Fig ) and – on the opposite side – “Palmyra Islands/ Dal Sig. Rock/ 1914”, the latter also present on [FI018793] ( Fig. 3B View Fig ). The larger coconut, [FI018792], is here chosen as the lectotype of Cocos nucifera f. palmyrensis ( Fig. 4 View Fig ).