Unraveling the taxonomic identity of Cocos nucifera f. palmyrensis (Arecaceae: Cocoseae) Author Harries, Hugh C. Author Pignotti, Lia Dipartimento di Biologia and Centro Studi Erbario Tropicale (Herbarium FT), Università di Firenze, Via G. La Pira 4, 50121, Firenze, Italy. Author Baldini, Riccardo M. Dipartimento di Biologia and Centro Studi Erbario Tropicale (Herbarium FT), Università di Firenze, Via G. La Pira 4, 50121, Firenze, Italy. rbaldo@unifi.it text Candollea 2020 2020-03-24 75 1 25 30 journal article 3405 10.15553/c2020v751a2 a98cde14-7d94-4b79-80d3-bfc0ebcc87ce 2235-3658 5684584 Cocos nucifera var. palmyrensis (Beccari) Pignotti & Baldini , stat. nov. ≡ Cocos nucifera f. palmyrensis Beccari 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 ]!) . Fig. 3. – Close-up of the original note on original material of Cocos nucifera var. palmyrensis (Beccari) Pignotti & Baldini. A. Lectotype ; B. Syntype . [ A: FI018792; B: FI018793] [ Photos : D. Nesti , L. Pignotti ] Notes. – Only two fruits have been retrieved at FI. The largest one [FI018792] and the second largest [FI018793]. The cross-sectioned ( Fig. 2A , bottom) and the fourth, slender one ( Fig. 2B , 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 ). 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 ) and – on the opposite side – “Palmyra Islands/ Dal Sig. Rock/ 1914”, the latter also present on [FI018793] ( Fig. 3B ). The larger coconut, [FI018792], is here chosen as the lectotype of Cocos nucifera f. palmyrensis ( Fig. 4 ).