Arecaceae
Hyphaene

Hyphaene petersiana Klotzsch ex Mart.

First published in Hist. Nat. Palm. 3(ed. 2): 227 (1845)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to Namibia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Caprivi Strip, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Curtis, B. & Mannheimer, C. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia: 1-688. The National Botanical Research Institute, Windhoek.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(2): 1-83. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 3, ed. 2: 227 (1845).
  • Peters, Reise Mossamb., Bot. 2: 508 (1864).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 17, 2003 Torre, A.R. [4046] Mozambique K000462894 Isotype Yes
Oct 4, 1985 New Collector [4018A] Kenya K001083692 No
Oct 4, 1985 Stevenson, D.W. [1152] Zambia K001083698 No
Oct 4, 1985 New Collector [s.n.] Malawi K001083697 No
Oct 4, 1985 New Collector [1393] Zimbabwe K001083695 No
Oct 4, 1985 New Collector [s.n.] Zambia K001083691 No
Oct 4, 1985 Trapnell, W.G. [1153] Zambia K001083687 No
Oct 4, 1985 New Collector [102] Zambia K001083690 No
Oct 4, 1985 Greenway, P.J.; Kirrika [10998] K001083696 No
Oct 4, 1985 New Collector [B12078A] Tanzania K001083693 No
Oct 4, 1985 New Collector [s.n.] Zambia K001083689 No
Apr 10, 1985 Biegel, H.; Pope, G.V.; Russel, G. [4017] Botswana K000489229 No
Apr 10, 1985 Biegel, H.; Pope, G.V.; Russel, G. [4017] Botswana K000489230 No
Boyce, P.; Cooper, J.; et al. [DPP2] Zambia K:SPC-55399.000 No
New Collector [s.n.] Angola K001083688 No
Newman, M. [282] Angola K001083686 No
Burtt, B.D. [1791] Tanzania K000667845 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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 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

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/