Arecaceae
Hyphaene

Hyphaene coriacea Gaertn.

First published in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 28 (1788)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to S. Africa, Mayotte, Juan de Nova Island, W. Madagascar. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Comoros, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Tanzania

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.

Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

  • J. Dransfield & H. Beentje, The Palms of Madagascar. 1995

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • 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

  • Becc., Palme Borass.: 30 (1924).
  • Furtado in Garcia de Orta 15: 448 (1967).
  • Gaertn. in De Fruct. 1: 28, t. 10 (1788).
  • Kirk in J. L. S. 9: 234 (1866).
  • Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 3, ed. 1: 229 (1838).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 18, 2006 Frontier-Tanzania [973], Tanzania K000209380 No
Jul 18, 2006 Frontier-Tanzania [1423], Tanzania K000209381 No
Jun 9, 2005 van Wyk, E. [EVW504], South Africa K000462456 No
Dec 1, 2003 Sanderson [s.n.], South Africa K000521937 No
Apr 16, 2003 Bayton, R.P. [45], Madagascar K000300240 No
Mar 1, 1997 Labat, J.-N. [2909], Comoros K000300239 No
Jan 1, 1995 Perrier de la Bâthie, J.M.H.A. [17872], Madagascar K000300235 syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Perrier de la Bâthie, J.M.H.A. [17872], Madagascar K000300236 syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Hildebrandt, J.M. [3052], Madagascar K000300237 isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Beentje, H.J. [4552], Madagascar K000300242 No
Jan 1, 1995 Beentje, H.J. [4694], Madagascar K000300243 No
Apr 16, 1985 Mendonça, F.A. [s.n.], Mozambique K000462898 isotype Yes
Apr 10, 1985 Baron, R. [2859], Madagascar K000300292 No
Aug 30, 1967 Torre, A.R. [14189], Mozambique K000462899 isoneotype Yes
Aug 30, 1967 Torre, A.R. [14189], Mozambique K000462900 isoneotype Yes
Wingfield [3522], Tanzania K000667839 No
Napier Bax, P. [TNP/GS/18], Kenya 26158.000 No
Robertson, A., Kenya 29047.414 No
Du Puy, B. [MB774], Madagascar 57507.000 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [8322], Tanzania 8002.000 No
Noblick, L.R. [5052], Madagascar K000300238 No
Noblick, L.R. [5053], Madagascar K000300241 No
Kirk, J. [s.n.], Mozambique K000462249 holotype Yes

Sources

  • 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

    • 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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