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

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.

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 [1423] Tanzania K000209381 No
Jul 18, 2006 Frontier-Tanzania [973] Tanzania K000209380 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.; Rolland Ranaivojaona [45] Madagascar K000300240 No
Jan 12, 2003 Cheek, M. [s.n.] Madagascar K001098413 No
Jan 12, 2003 Anonymous [s.n.] Madagascar K001098409 No
Mar 1, 1997 Labat, J.-N.; Pascal, O. [2909] Comoros K000300239 No
Jan 1, 1995 Perrier de la Bâthie, J.M.H.A. [17872] Madagascar K000300235 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Beentje, H.J. [4694] Madagascar K000300243 No
Jan 1, 1995 Perrier de la Bâthie, J.M.H.A. [17872] Madagascar K000300236 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Beentje, H.J. [4552] Madagascar K000300242 No
Jan 1, 1995 Hildebrandt, J.M. [3052] Madagascar K000300237 Type Yes
Oct 4, 1985 Burtt, B.D. [s.n.] South Africa K001098371 No
Oct 4, 1985 New Collector [s.n.] South Africa K001098353 No
Oct 4, 1985 Kirk [s.n.] Kenya K001098372 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4805] Kenya K001098363 No
Oct 4, 1985 New Collector [141] Zimbabwe K001098361 No
Oct 4, 1985 Greenway, P.J. [1450] Tanzania K001098366 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4837] Tanzania K001098364 No
Oct 4, 1985 van Wyk, E. [H523/66] South Africa K001098357 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4838] Tanzania K001098365 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4807] Kenya K001098367 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4780] Kenya K001098368 No
Oct 4, 1985 New Collector [K374] Kenya K001098356 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4806] Kenya K001098362 No
Oct 4, 1985 Greenway, P.J. [2765] Tanzania K001098370 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4847] Tanzania K001098369 No
Oct 4, 1985 Parker G.W. [s.n.] Madagascar K001098355 No
Oct 4, 1985 New Collector [6295] Tanzania K001098358 No
Oct 4, 1985 Dransfield, J. [4809] Kenya K001098359 No
Apr 16, 1985 Mendonça, F.A. [s.n.] Mozambique K000462898 Type Yes
Apr 10, 1985 Baron, R. [2859] Madagascar K000300292 Yes
Aug 30, 1967 Torre, A.R.; Correia, M.F. [14189] Mozambique K000462899 Type Yes
Aug 30, 1967 Torre, A.R.; Correia, M.F. [14189] Mozambique K000462900 Type Yes
Anonymous [s.n.] K001098294 No
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000462249 Type Yes
New Collector [s.n.] South Africa K001098411 No
Kirk [1] Kenya K001098408 No
Brenan, J.P.M.; Greenway, P.J. [8322] Tanzania K:SPC-08002.000 No
Du Puy, B.; Du Puy, D. [MB774] Madagascar K:SPC-57507.000 No
Kirk [s.n.] K001098416 No
Anonymous [s.n.] Madagascar K001098412 No
Noblick, L.R.; Edmondson, N.; Fischer, B.; Burger, M.; Rahelivololona, E. [5052] Madagascar K000300238 No
New Collector [s.n.] Madagascar K001098410 No
New Collector [0-1929] South Africa K001098407 No
Kirk, J. [147-1883] Kenya K001098360 No
New Collector [s.n.] Madagascar K001098414 No
Robertson, A. Kenya K:SPC-29047.414 No
Wingfield, R. [3522] Tanzania K000667839 No
Noblick, L.R.; Edmondson, N.; Fischer, B.; Burger, M.; Rahelivololona, E. [5053] Madagascar K000300241 No
New Collector [7] Mozambique K001098415 No
Napier Bax, P. [TNP/GS/18] Kenya K:SPC-26158.000 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

    • 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 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 Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • 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

  • 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