Balaka (plant)
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Balaka is a genus of 11 known species in the palm family, Arecaceae or Palmae. Seven species are native to the islands of Fiji and four to Samoa.[1] The genus was first proposed and published in Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 2: 91. 1885,[2] from two species originally in the genus Ptychosperma (P. perbrevis and P. seemannii).[3]
Species
Accepted species:[1]
- Balaka diffusa Hodel - Fiji
- Balaka insularis Zona & W.J.Baker - Samoa
- Balaka longirostris Becc. - Fiji
- Balaka macrocarpa Burret - Fiji
- Balaka microcarpa Burret - Fiji
- Balaka pauciflora (H.Wendl.) H.E.Moore - Fiji
- Balaka samoensis Becc. - Samoa
- Balaka seemannii (H.Wendl.) Becc. - Fiji
- Balaka siliensis Christoph. - Samoa
- Balaka streptostachys D.Fuller & Dowe - Fiji
- Balaka tahitensis Christoph. - Samoa
References
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- ↑ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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