This name is a synonym of Borassus flabellifer .
The record derives from WCSP
(data supplied on )
which reports it as a synonym (record 461686
) with original publication details: Cat. (Rollisson) 1875-1876: 60 1875.
Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77106921-1
.
This name record (from WCSP) was not included in version 1 of The Plant List. It is possible the same name was included from a different data source, to check this you can search for Thrinax tunicata in version 1 of The Plant List.