Here are some useful definitions:
Genebank: Type of biorepository which preserves genetic material. In the case of coconut palm, in 2025 all are presently field genebanks conserving accessions of living coconut palms.
Ex situ conservation: When a species is conserved outside of its usual location, such as in field genebanks as living plants or in in vitro collections of tissues and embryos (not yed developped).
Variety: A distinct, often intentionally bred subset of a species that will behave uniformly and predictably when grown in an environment to which it is adapted. Widest sense includes cultivar, ecotype, landrace, etc.
Cultivar: Cultivated variety (See variety).
Landrace: Traditional palms specifically adapted to the environmental conditions from their region.
Population within a variety: Introduced in the coconut nomenclature as follows: populations could denote minor geographical and/or phenotypic differentiation within a variety.
Accession: A collection of plant material from a particular location, received by a genebank to ensure sustainable conservation of a single specific cultivar, landrace or population.
Hybrid: In the case of the coconut palm, the term “hybrid” is defined in its widest sense as the result of a cross between population, families, or individual palms belonging to different varieties.
In situ conservation: When a species is located/conserved in its usual situation, -in farmers’ fields or in protected areas.
Genotype: The hereditary constitution of an individual.
Phenotype: Appearance of an organism with respect to a particular character or group of characters (physical, biochemical or physiological), because of the interaction of its genotype and its environment.
©R. Bourdeix, 2026, section CAGM.
For illustrating this section, we can produce on request at least one large size HD poster (up to 180x100 cm in size). These posters should be adapted to each country, on a case-by-case basis, in order to prominently feature locally produced coconut products, and to promote the marketing of these local products. It is also possible to buy or rent items from the personal collection of Dr R. Bourdeix.