Arecaceae
Hyphaene

Hyphaene compressa H.Wendl.

First published in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 36: 116 (1878)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Ethiopia to Mozambique. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania

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.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(2): 1-83. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C.H. Wright in Flora of Tropical Africa 8: 123 (1901).
  • H. Wendl. in Bot. Zeit. 36: 116 (1878).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 399 (1949).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 4, 2012 Goyder, D.J. [6044] Mozambique K000787779 No
Jul 17, 2006 Luke, W.R.Q.; PA [10793] Kenya K000209379 No
Jan 12, 2003 Anonymous [s.n.] Mozambique K001099143 No
Nov 16, 1985 Torre, A.R.; Paiva, J. [12128] Mozambique K000462896 Isotype Yes
Nov 16, 1985 Torre, A.R.; Paiva, J. [12128] Mozambique K000462895 Type Yes
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4843] K001098327 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4800] Kenya K001098351 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4798] Kenya K001098334 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [s.n.] Kenya K001098340 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4844] Tanzania K001098342 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4842] Tanzania K000171335 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4777] Kenya K001098335 No
Oct 4, 1985 Brenan, J.P.M.; Greenway, P.J. [8322] Tanzania K001099142 No
Oct 4, 1985 New Collector [6302] Kenya K001098337 No
Oct 4, 1985 New Collector; Paiva [10035] Mozambique K001098349 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4778] Kenya K001098341 No
Oct 4, 1985 Drummond; Hemsley, J.H. [1336] Tanzania K001098350 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4801] Kenya K001098336 No
Oct 4, 1985 Anonymous; Parks Department, Dar-es-Salaam [64-69.00553] Tanzania K001098344 No
Oct 4, 1985 Greenway, P.J. [2122] Tanzania K001098332 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4797] K001098330 No
Oct 4, 1985 New Collector [s.n.] South Africa K001098345 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4831] Tanzania K001098347 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4820] Tanzania K001098329 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4845] K001098328 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4792] Kenya K001098338 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4776] Kenya K001098333 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4846] Tanzania K001098346 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4779] Kenya K001098348 No
Apr 10, 1985 Drummond; Hemsley, J.H. [3258] Tanzania K000521934 No
Apr 10, 1985 Torre, A.R.; Paiva, J. [10035] Mozambique K000462897 Type Yes
New Collector; Smith, A.R. [14341] Kenya K001098331 No
Mathew, B. [6302] Kenya K:SPC-06049.213 No
Luke, Q.; Maunder, M. and Bernstein, H. [12343] Kenya K000667328 No
New Collector [3966] Kenya K001098343 No
Moggi; Bavazzano, R. [700] Somalia Hyphaene benadirensis K000521933 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

    • Palmweb 2011. Palmweb: Palms of the World Online. Published on the internet http://www.palmweb.org. Accessed on 21/04/2013
    • Content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0