Distribution
Native to:
Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Yemen
Introduced into:
Netherlands Antilles
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Chamaeriphes thebaica (L.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 728 (1891)
- Corypha thebaica L. in Sp. Pl.: 1187 (1753)
- Cucifera thebaica (L.) Delile in Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): 145 (1813)
- Douma thebaica (L.) Poir. in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Arbust., nouv. éd., 4: 48 (1809)
- Palma thebaica (L.) Jacq. in Fragm. Bot.: 83 (1809)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Chamaeriphes crinita (Gaertn.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 728 (1891)
- Hyphaene baikieana Furtado in Gard. Bull. Singapore 25: 326 (1970)
- Hyphaene crinita Gaertn. in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 13 (1790)
- Hyphaene cuciphera Pers. in Syn. Pl. 2: 623 (1807)
- Hyphaene dahomeensis Becc. in Palme Borass.: 48 (1924)
- Hyphaene dankaliensis Becc. in Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 87: 8 (1906)
- Hyphaene nodularia Becc. in Agric. Colon. 2: 160 (1908)
- Hyphaene occidentalis Becc. in Palme Borass.: 27 (1924)
- Hyphaene santoana Furtado in Garcia de Orta 15: 457 (1967)
- Hyphaene sinaitica Furtado in Gard. Bull. Singapore 25: 306 (1970)
- Hyphaene togoensis Dammer ex Becc. in Palme Borass.: 27 (1924)
- Hyphaene tuleyana Furtado in Gard. Bull. Singapore 25: 333 (1970)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
- Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 3: 1-89. ORSTOM, Bangui.
- Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
- Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
- Couvreur, T.L.P. & Sunderland, T.C.H. (2022). Flore du Cameroun 44: 1-138. Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche scientifique (Mesres), Yaoundé.
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Meyer, J.-Y., Lavergne, C. & Hodel, D.R. (2008). Time bombs in gardens: invasive ornamental palms in tropical islands, with emphasis on French Polynesia (Pacific Ocean) and the Mascarenes (Indian Ocean). Palms; Journal of the International Palm Society 52: 23-35.
- Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Beccari in Agric. Col. 2: 162 (1908)
- Beccari in Palme Borass. 23 (1924)
- Chev. & Dubois in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 18: 93 (1938).
- Chev. Bot. 676
- F.T.A. 8: 120
- Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 226, tt. 131-3 (1839)
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
- Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
- Couvreur, T.L.P. & Sunderland, T.C.H. (2022). Flore du Cameroun 44: 1-138. Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche scientifique (Mesres), Yaoundé.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Meyer, J.-Y., Lavergne, C. & Hodel, D.R. (2008). Time bombs in gardens: invasive ornamental palms in tropical islands, with emphasis on French Polynesia (Pacific Ocean) and the Mascarenes (Indian Ocean). Palms; Journal of the International Palm Society 52: 23-35.
- Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2004 | Bayton, R.P. [65], Burkina Faso | K000521931 | No | ||
| Mar 31, 2004 | Bayton, R.P. [66], Burkina Faso | K000521932 | No | ||
| Jan 6, 1990 | Collenette, I.S. [6826], Saudi Arabia | K000208663 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1977 | Geerling, C. [2660], Mali | K000386264 | No | ||
| Cotton, W.B. | 19108.000 | No | |||
| Friis, I. [7796], Ethiopia | K000521936 | No | |||
| Schimper, W. [960], Egypt | K000208661 | No | |||
| Bove [378], Egypt | K000208662 | No | |||
| Collenette, S. [21], Saudi Arabia | K000208667 | No | |||
| s.coll. [s.n.], Ethiopia | K000697892 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
| Eig [s.n.], Palestine | K000208659 | No | |||
| Friis, I. [8003], Ethiopia | K000521935 | No | |||
| Hepper [3028], Egypt | K000208668 | No | |||
| Hepper, F.N. [3824], Mali | K000386262 | No | |||
| Kirk, J. [147], Mozambique | K000462252 | No | |||
| Simpson, N.D. [2401], Egypt | K000208658 | No | |||
| unknown [s.n.], Palestine | K000208660 | No | |||
| illegible [s.n.], Egypt | K000208736 | No | |||
| Cultivated [1994-3803] | K000114500 | No | |||
| Hepper, F.N. [3824], Mali | K000386261 | No |
Sources
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Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Flora of West Tropical Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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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
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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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
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images
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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