Arecaceae
Hyphaene

Hyphaene guineensis Schumach. & Thonn.

First published in H.C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 445 (1827)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Angola. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cabinda, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Togo, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 2012 Mpandzou, L.; Mpandzou, A.; Cheek, M., Gosline, G. [1240] K000749123 No
Apr 1, 2012 Mpandzou, L.; Mpandzou, A; Cheek; Gosline, G. [1240] K000749123 No
Sep 21, 2004 Van Valkenburg [2512] Gabon K000209663 No
Sep 21, 2004 Thomas [s.n.] Gabon K000209662 No
Nov 6, 2003 van Valkenburg, J. [2500] Gabon K001287186 No
Nov 6, 2003 van Valkenburg, J. [2501] Gabon K001287182 No
Jan 1, 2003 Van Valkenburg [2514 A] Gabon K000208509 No
Jan 1, 2003 Van Valkenburg [2514 B] Gabon K000208511 No
Sep 10, 1968 Gossweiler [42] Singapore K001083684 No
Sep 1, 1968 New Collector [s.n.] Angola K001083681 No
Aug 5, 1968 New Collector [GC37578] Ghana K001083714 No
Anonymous [92] Ghana K001083683 No
New Collector [s.n.] South Africa K001083685 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0