Hyphaene

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Hyphaene
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Doum palm in Northern Sudan
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Coryphoideae
Tribe: Borasseae
Genus: Hyphaene
Gaertn.
Species [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • DomaLam.
  • CuciferaDelile
  • DoumaPoir. in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau
  • ChamaeriphesDill. ex Kuntze

Hyphaene is a genus of palms native to Africa, Madagascar, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent. [2] [3] [4]

The genus includes the Doum palm (H. thebaica). They are unusual among palms in having regular naturally branched trunks; most other palms are single-stemmed from the ground. In Swahili, it is called "koma".

Species

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  1. Endostemon albusA.J.Paton, Harley & M.M.Harley - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique
  2. Endostemon camporum(Gürke) M.R.Ashby - Kenya, Tanzania
  3. Endostemon ctenoneurusHarley - Kenya, Somalia
  4. Endostemon glandulosusHarley & Sebsebe - Ethiopia
  5. Endostemon gracilis(Benth.) M.R.Ashby - Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, Yemen
  6. Endostemon kelleri(Briq.) Ryding ex A.J.Paton & Harley - Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia
  7. Endostemon leucosphaerus(Briq.) A.J.Paton, Harley & M.M.Harley - Somalia, Ethiopia
  8. Endostemon membranaceus(Benth.) Ayob. ex A.J.Paton & Harley - Cameroon, Angola, Central African Republic
  9. Endostemon obbiadensis(Chiov.) M.R.Ashby - Somalia
  10. Endostemon obtusifolius(E.Mey.) N.E.Br. - from South Africa north to Angola and Tanzania
  11. Endostemon racemosusRyding, A.J.Paton & Thulin - Somalia
  12. Endostemon stenocaulis(Hedge) Ryding, A.J.Paton & Thulin - Somalia
  13. Endostemon tenuiflorus(Benth.) M.R.Ashby - eastern + southern Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula
  14. Endostemon tereticaulis(Poir.) M.R.Ashby - widespread across much of tropical Africa, also Yemen + Saudi Arabia
  15. Endostemon tomentosusHarley & Sebsebe - Somalia
  16. Endostemon tubulascens(Briq.) M.R.Ashby - Angola
  17. Endostemon usambarensisM.R.Ashby - Tanzania
  18. Endostemon villosus(Briq.) M.R.Ashby - central Africa
  19. Endostemon viscosus(Roth) M.R.Ashby - India, Assam, Sri Lanka
  20. Endostemon wakefieldii(Baker) M.R.Ashby - Kenya
<span class="mw-page-title-main">Borasseae</span> Tribe of palms

Borasseae is a tribe in the palm subfamily Coryphoideae. The tribe ranges from southern Africa and Madagascar north through the Arabian Peninsula to India, Indochina, Indonesia and New Guinea. Several genera are restricted to islands in the Indian Ocean. The two largest genera, Hyphaene and Borassus, are also the most widespread.

References

  1. "Hyphaene". The Plant List. 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families [ permanent dead link ]
  3. Kew Palms Checklist: Hyphaene Archived 2007-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.