Balaka seemannii is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae that is endemic to Fiji; growing in mixed forests on Vanua Levu and Taveuni islands.[1]

Balaka seemannii
illustration of Balaka seemannii
Illustration of Balaka seemannii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Balaka
Species:
B. seemannii
Binomial name
Balaka seemannii
Synonyms[3][4]
  • Actinophloeus kerstenianus (Sander) Burret
  • Balaka cuneata Burret
  • B. gracilis Burret
  • B. kersteniana (Sander) Becc. ex Martelli
  • B. perbrevis (H.Wendl.) Becc.
  • Drymophloeus kerstenianus Sander ex Burret (nom. inval.)
  • D. seemannii (H.Wendl.) Becc. ex Martelli
  • Kentia kersteniana Sander
  • Ptychosperma kerstenianum (Sander) Burret
  • P. perbreve H.Wendl.
  • P. seemannii H.Wendl. (basionym)
  • Saguaster perbrevis (H.Wendl.) Kuntze
  • S. seemannii (H.Wendl.) Kuntze
  • Vitiphoenix seemannii Becc. ex Martelli (nom. inval.)

References

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  1. ^ a b Tikoca, S.; Rivers, M.C. (2017). "Balaka seemannii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T38436A2869106. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T38436A2869106.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Balaka seemannii (from the basionym Ptychosperma seemannii) was published in Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 2: 91. 1885."Name - Genus epithet Auth". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden (MOBOT). Retrieved December 17, 2012. Basionym: Ptychosperma seemannii H.Wendl.
  3. ^ a b Ptychosperma seemannii, the basionym of Balaka seemannii, was originally described and published in Bonplandia. Zietschrift für die gesammte Botanik. 10: 192. [July] 1862. "Name - Ptychosperma seemannii H.Wendl". Tropicos. MOBOT. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  4. ^ "TPL, treatment of Balaka seemannii". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
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