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Hyphaene

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Hyphaene
Doum palm in Northern Sudan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Coryphoideae
Tribe: Borasseae
Genus: Hyphaene
Gaertn.
Species[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Doma Lam.
  • Cucifera Delile
  • Douma Poir. in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau
  • Chamaeriphes Dill. ex Kuntze

Hyphaene is a genus of palms native to Africa, Madagascar, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent.[2][3][4]

The genus includes the Doum palm (H. thebaica). They are unusual among palms in having regular naturally branched trunks; most other palms are single-stemmed from the ground. In Swahili, it is called "koma".

Species

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References

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  1. ^ "Hyphaene". The Plant List. 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Kew Palms Checklist: Hyphaene Archived 2007-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.