Nypa fruticans

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Arecales 
Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Arecaceae
Subfamilia: Nypoideae
Genus: Nypa
Species: Nypa fruticans

Name edit

Nypa fruticans Wurmb, 1779

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Nipa fruticans (Wurmb) Thunb., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 3: 231 (1782).
  • Heterotypic
    • Cocos nypa Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 567 (1790).
    • Nipa litoralis Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 662 (1837).
    • Nipa arborescens Wurmb ex H.Wendl. in O.C.E.de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 252 (1878).
    • Nypa fruticans var. neameana F.M.Bailey, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 5: 147 (1888).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asie
      • Andaman Is.; Bangladesh; Bismarck Archipelago; Borneo; Cambodia; Caroline Is.; Guyana; Hainan; India; Jawa; Lesser Sunda Is.; Malaya; Maluku; Marianas; Myanmar; Nansei-shoto; Nicobar Is.; Philippines; Society Is.; Solomon Is.; Sri Lanka; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Thailand; Vietnam

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

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Vernacular names edit

English: Nipa palm, Attap palm, Mangrove palm
suomi: Nipapalmu
ไทย: จาก
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