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cocos australis? On a Butia?

PalmTreeDude
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My Pindo palm I got from Lowes says "cocos australis." What does this mean? Is it even a thing? I looked it up and some Butias came up and other palms came up. 

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    Cocos australis is meaningless.  You have a Butia, and most likely it’s the species odorata, the most commonly available species. 

    Land O Lakes FL, a suburb on the North Side of Tampa, FL

    Summers are great, 90f/32c in the day & 70f/21c at night with plentiful rain & sun

    Winters are subtropical with occasional frosts and freezes. Tropical cyclones happen.

    We have a few Royal palms in the warm microclimates but Coconuts freeze.

    I am a Kayaker, Hiker, Bicyclist, and amateur Photographer that loves the outdoors.  

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    The botanical name Cocos australis (Martius) is synonym to Cocos romanzoffiana (Chamisso) = Arecastrum romanzoffianum (Beccari) = Syagrus romanzoffiana (Glassman). But as used by nurseries it is mostly equivalent to Cocos capitata (Martius) = Cocos odorata (Barb. Rodr.) = Butia capitata/odorata (Beccari) = Syagrus capitata (Glassman).  (According to my opinion and following Gregório Bondar (1964) the oldest binomen with genus Cocos is the correct one.)

    Below Butia odorata seeds sold as Cocos australis in 1972:

    5af82c3eef6ea_Butiaodorata1972-11-09.thu

    My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums

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    You have to admire creative marketing.

    Bret

     

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    "In the shadow of the Cross"

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    Thank you everyone for your help!

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