Arecaceae

Balaka Becc.

First published in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 2: 91 (1885)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is SW. Pacific. It grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Fiji, Samoa

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

  • Solfia Rech. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 4: 232 (1907)

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

  • J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 5, 1996 Zona, S.; McClatchey, W.; Schuster, C.; Tipamaa, T.; Whistler, A. [712] Samoa K000030372 No
Feb 22, 1996 Fuller; Bulitavu, T.; Jones, E. [339] Fiji K000030317 Yes
Oct 11, 1956 Reichenbach [s.n.] Samoa K000030369 No
Oct 11, 1956 Powell [172] Samoa K000030368 No
Moore, H.E.; Fasavalu; Haskell [9977] Samoa K000030373 No
Berry, M.J. [s.n.] Fiji K000030318 No
Moore, H.E.; Fasavalu [9984] Samoa K000030374 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

    • Palmweb 2011. Palmweb: Palms of the World Online. Published on the internet http://www.palmweb.org. Accessed on 21/04/2013
    • Content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0