Arecaceae

Raphia P.Beauv.

First published in Fl. Oware 1: 75 (1806)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Central America to Brazil.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Brazil North, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Panamá, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles, Trinidad-Tobago

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

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.

Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

  • J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 8: 104
  • Fl. Oware 1: 75 (1806)
  • Russell in Kew Bull. 19: 173-196 (1965).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 12: 93–104, 198–213 (1932)
  • Agric. Col. 4: 137–170 (1910)
  • Becc. in Webbia 3: 37 (1910)
  • Fl. Owar. 1: 75 (1809)
  • T.A. Russell in K.B. 19:173–196 (1965)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 15, 2018 Mogue Kamga, S.; Couvreur, T.L.P.; Niangadouma, R. [18] Gabon K001871609 No
Feb 15, 2018 Mogue Kamga, S.; Couvreur, T.L.P.; Niangadouma, R. [19] Gabon K001666908 No
Mar 1, 2015 Faye, A.; Moutsamboté, J.M.; Nzobadila, E. [38] Congo, Republic of the K001871610 No
May 2, 2013 Couvreur, T.L.P.; Ghogue, J.-P.; Kamdem, G.N. [427] Cameroon K001871611 No
Apr 4, 2012 Fay, J.M.; Harris, D. [8904] Central African Republic K000707146 Yes
Dec 1, 2009 Nkouka, S.O.C. [832] Congo, Republic of the K000617350 Yes
Jun 22, 2006 Cheek, M.; Bury; gallahar; Njume [11780] Cameroon K000209113 Yes
Jan 7, 1988 Gossweiler [8638] Angola K000707249 Yes
Jan 7, 1988 Gossweiler [8638] Angola K000707250 Yes
Dec 8, 1987 Fay, J.M. [3085] Central African Republic K000707236 Yes
Apr 11, 1975 Greenway, P.J.; Thomas, A.S. [7442] Uganda K000526786 No
Apr 11, 1975 Greenway, P.J.; Thomas, A.S. [7442] Uganda K000707243 Yes
Otedoh, M. [s.n.] K000707227 Yes
Gossweiler [9087] Angola K000526724 Yes
Barter [s.n.] K000526830 No
Burchell, W.J. [9750] South Africa K000526828 No
Fanshawe, D.B. [F9786] Zambia K000526728 Yes
Rutherford, S.; Bandara [R155] Sri Lanka K000526755 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [1408] Nigeria K000526790 No
Gossweiler [11521] Angola K000526723 Yes
Gossweiler [8702bis] Angola K000526726 Yes
Lane Poole, C.E. [254] Sierra Leone K000707210 Yes
Ridley [s.n.] Nigeria K000526858 No
Otedoh, M. [7373a] Nigeria K000707216 Yes
Fay, J.M. [3086] Central African Republic K000707235 Yes
Schmidt, H.H.; Merello, M.; Amponsah, J.; Welsing, A. [2092] Ghana K000707217 Yes
McWhirter, J.H. [s.n.] Madagascar K000526831 No
Carvalho; Fernandez Casas, J. [3247-1] Equatorial Guinea K000707238 Yes
Ridley [10] Nigeria K000707208 Yes
Ridley [10] Nigeria K000707209 Yes
Couvreur, T.L.P.; Faye, A., Kamdem, G.N. [392] Cameroon K000707300 Yes
Wild, H. [3938] Zimbabwe K:SPC-23578.000 No
van Valkenburg, J. [2511] Gabon K000707228 Yes
Fay, J.M. [6728] Central African Republic K000526829 No
Meijer [15231] Cameroon K000707234 Yes
Gossweiler [9089] Angola K000526722 Yes
Couvreur, T.L.P.; Faye, A., Kamdem, G.N. [398] Cameroon K000707305 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [1408] Nigeria K000707181 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [1408] Nigeria K000707182 Yes
Baker, J.M. [35] Nigeria K000707218 Yes
Gossweiler [6298] Angola K000526725 Yes
Gossweiler [8702] Angola K000526727 Yes
Carvalho; Fernandez Casas, J. [2958-2] Equatorial Guinea K000707237 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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

  • 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