Raphia farinifera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Arecales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Arecales

Raphia farinifera (Gaertn.) Hyl., 1952

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).

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, 2^nd Edition

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International Plant Names Index. 2018. Raphia farinifera. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 13 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Raphia farinifera in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 13.
Tropicos.org 2018. Raphia farinifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Dec. 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Raphia farinifera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.