Cocos guineensis Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 730; Mantissa Plantarum: 137. 1767.

"Habitat in America meridionali." RCN: 8545.

Lectotype (Moore in Gentes Herb. 9: 251. 1963): [icon] " Bactris minor " in Jacquin, Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 279, t. 171, f. 1. 1763.

Current name: Bactris guineensis (L.) H.E. Moore ( Arecaceae).