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Calappa plumosa (Hook.f.) Kuntze
Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 982 (1891)
Family: ARECACEAE

= Cocos romanzoffiana var. plumosa (Hook.f.) A.Berger
Hort. Mortol. 87 (1912) A.Berger

Accepted Scientific Name: Syagrus romanzoffiana (Cham.) Glassman
Fieldiana, Bot. 31: 382 (1968)

Calappa plumosa (Cocos romanzoffiana var. plumosa) Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
Portici Botanical garden, Napoli (Naples), Italy 26 July 2010. Syagrus romanzoffiana is still known by the commercial growers as Cocos plumosa, but the two plants are not readily distinguishable by any published key because of the infraspecific variability.

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Syagrus romanzoffiana (Cham.) Glassman
Fieldiana, Bot. 31: 382 (1968)
Synonymy: 23
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Cocos Palm, Romanzoff coco palm, Queen palm

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Syagrus romanzoffiana group

  • Cocos romanzoffiana var. plumosa (Hook.f.) A.Berger: Same as Syagrus romanzoffiana and the two plants are not readily distinguishable by any published key because of the infraspecific variability.
  • Syagrus romanzoffiana (Cham.) Glassman: is a medium-sized to large solitaire palm 7-15 metres tall, with a graceful, open, irregular drooping canopy of soft and fluffy fronds. Distribution: N Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia.


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