Balaka (plant)

Short description: Genus of palms

Balaka

Illustration of Balaka seemannii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Clade:  | Commelinids
Order:  | Arecales
Family:  | Arecaceae
Subfamily:  | Arecoideae
Tribe:  | Areceae
Subtribe:  | Ptychospermatinae
Genus:  | Balaka
Becc.[1]

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.[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]

* 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

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The genus Balaka was first published in Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 2: 91. 1885. "Name - Balaka Becc". Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40024090. 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" (in Italian). Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 2: 91. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4192419#page/133/mode/1up. Retrieved December 16, 2012.

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