Balaka seemannii

Balaka seemannii
Illustration of Balaka seemannii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Balaka
Species:	B. seemannii
Binomial name
Balaka seemannii (H.Wendl.) Becc. [2] [3]
Synonyms [3] [4]
Actinophloeus kerstenianus(Sander) Burret Balaka cuneataBurret B. gracilisBurret B. kersteniana(Sander) Becc. ex Martelli B. perbrevis(H.Wendl.) Becc. Drymophloeus kerstenianusSander ex Burret ( nom. inval. ) D. seemannii(H.Wendl.) Becc. ex Martelli Kentia kerstenianaSander Ptychosperma kerstenianum(Sander) Burret P. perbreveH.Wendl. P. seemanniiH.Wendl. (basionym) Saguaster perbrevis(H.Wendl.) Kuntze S. seemannii(H.Wendl.) Kuntze Vitiphoenix seemanniiBecc. ex Martelli (nom. inval.)

Balaka seemannii is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae that is endemic to Fiji; growing in mixed forests on Vanua Levu and Taveuni islands. ^[1]

References

1. Tikoca, S.; Rivers, M.C. (2017). "Balaka seemannii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T38436A2869106. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T38436A2869106.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. Balaka seemannii (from the basionym Ptychosperma seemannii) was published in Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 2: 91. 1885. "Name - Genus epithet Auth". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden (MOBOT) . Retrieved December 17, 2012. Basionym: Ptychosperma seemannii H.Wendl.
3. Ptychosperma seemannii, the basionym of Balaka seemannii, was originally described and published in Bonplandia. Zietschrift für die gesammte Botanik. 10: 192. [July] 1862. "Name - Ptychosperma seemannii H.Wendl". Tropicos. MOBOT. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
4. "TPL, treatment of Balaka seemannii". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2012.

External links

• Balaka seemannii page with photos from the Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia (PACSOA)