Balaka (palm)

Balaka
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Balaka
Becc.[1]

Balaka is a genus of 9 known species in the palm family, Arecaceae or Palmae. Seven species are native to the islands of Fiji and two to Samoa.[2] The genus was first proposed and published in Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 2: 91. 1885,[1] from two species originally in the genus Ptychosperma (P. perbrevis and P. seemannii).[3]

Species

Accepted species:[2]

  1. Balaka diffusa Hodel - Fiji
  2. Balaka longirostris Becc. - Fiji
  3. Balaka macrocarpa Burret - Fiji
  4. Balaka microcarpa Burret - Fiji
  5. Balaka pauciflora (H.Wendl.) H.E.Moore - Fiji
  6. Balaka samoensis Becc. - Samoa
  7. Balaka seemannii (H.Wendl.) Becc. - Fiji
  8. Balaka streptostachys D.Fuller & Dowe - Fiji
  9. Balaka tahitensis Christoph. - Samoa

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The genus Balaka was first published in Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 2: 91. 1885. "Name - Balaka Becc.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Original text, archived at the Biodiversity Heritage Library, by genus author Dr. Odoardo Beccari (1885). "Reliquiae Schefferianae. Illustrazione di Alcune Palme Vivente nel Giardino Botanico di Buitenzorg". Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg (in Italian) 2: 91. Retrieved December 16, 2012.