Raphia farinifera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Arecales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Arecales

Familia: Arecaceae
Subfamilia: Calamoideae
Tribus: Lepidocaryeae
Subtribus: Raphiinae
Genus: Raphia
Species: Raphia farinifera

Name

Raphia farinifera (Gaertn.) Hyl., 1952

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Sagus farinifera Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 186 (1791).
  • Heterotypic
    • Sagus ruffia Jacq., Fragm. Bot.: 7 (1800).
    • Raphia pedunculata P.Beauv., Fl. Oware 1: 78 (1806).
    • Sagus pedunculata (P.Beauv.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 5: 13 (1817).
    • Metroxylon ruffia (Jacq.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 139 (1825).
    • Raphia ruffia (Jacq.) Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 217 (1838).
    • Raphia lyciosa Comm. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 217 (1841).
    • Raphia polymita Comm. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 217 (1841).
    • Raphia tamatavensis Sadeb., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 354 (1905).
    • Raphia kirkii Engl. ex Becc., Webbia 3: 58 (1910).
    • Raphia kirkii var. grandis Engl. ex Becc., Webbia 3: 64 (1910).
    • Raphia kirkii var. longicarpa Engl. ex Becc., Webbia 3: 63 (1910).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
      • Angola; Benin; Burkina; Cameroon; Congo; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Ivory Coast; Kenya; Madagascar; Malawi; Mauritius; Mozambique; Nigeria; Runion; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Vernacular names

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