Arecaceae
Borassus

Borassus akeassii Bayton, Ouédr. & Guinko

First published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 150: 420 (2006)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Central African Repu, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bayton, R.P. (2007). A revision of Borassus L. (Arecaceae). Kew Bulletin 62: 561-586.

Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

  • R.P. Bayton, A revision of Borassus L. (Arecaceae). 2007

Kew Bulletin

  • Aké Assi, L. & Guinko, S. (1996). Confusion de deux taxons spécifiques ou subspécifiques au sein du genre Borassus en Afrique de l'Ouest. In: L. J. G. van der Maesen, X. M. van der Burgt & J. M. van Medenbach de Rooy (eds), The biodiversity of African plants: proceedings XlVth AETFAT congress, pp. 773 - 779. Kluwer Academic, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
  • Arbonnier, M. (2002). Arbres, arbustes et lianes des zones sèches d'Afrique de l'Ouest, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
  • Bayton, R. P., Ouédraogo, A. & Guinko, S. (2006). The genus Borassus L. (Arecaceae) in West Africa, with a description of a new species from Burkina Faso. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 150: 419 - 427.
  • —, Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Dransfield, J. (2006). Arecaceae. In: V. Adjakidjè, W. J. van der Burg & L. J. G. van der Maesen (eds), Flore Analytique du Benin, pp. 50 - 62. Backhuys Publishers, Cotonou, Benin and Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 27, 2006 Bayton, R.P. [74], Burkina Faso K000525103 No
Jul 27, 2006 Bayton, R.P. [68], Burkina Faso K000525102 No
Jul 27, 2006 Bayton, R.P. [73], Burkina Faso K000525105 No
Mar 31, 2004 Bayton, R.P. [72], Burkina Faso K000525104 No
Bayton, R.P. [5A] 64785.000 No
Bayton, R.P. [69], Burkina Faso K000462843 holotype Yes

Sources

  • 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
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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

  • Kew Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
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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

  • 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