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The Winton Motor Carriage Company and Óscar Romero items both claim that the picture is theirs, but it is only the car's picture, not the archbishop's. —2d37 (talk) 01:03, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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According to our article on the Seal of Florida, the tree was originally a cocoa palm and only changed to a sabal palm when it was adopted as the state tree in 1953. This image was produced in 1876, so depicts a cocoa not a sabal. Modest Genius ^talk 13:38, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for pointing this out, Modest Genius. "Sabal" has been changed to "cocoa" as suggested. I am not sure if cocoa was officially the state tree yet in 1876, so I took out that part, too. --PFHLai (talk) 14:00, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, there was no state tree before 1953 so it's correct to remove that part. However the piped link should be to cocus nucifera (the cocao-nut palm), not theobroma cacao (the cocao tree, which isn't a palm). That confused me at first too! Modest Genius ^talk 14:11, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@PFHLai: Please see correction above. 108.52.196.8 (talk) 15:59, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, @Modest Genius: and @108.52.196.8:. The piping has been fixed (again). --PFHLai (talk) 18:08, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@PFHLai: cocus nucifera redirects to Coconut. --192.75.165.180 (talk) 18:54, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, 192.75.165.180. The piping has been fixed yet again to "[[Coconut|cocoa palm]]". --PFHLai (talk) 22:04, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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