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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Raphia

Hierarchical position of the Genus Raphia

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Arecidae Takht. pub. 1967       SuperOrdo  Arecanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 525. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Arecales Bromhead pub. 1840       Familia  Arecaceae Schultz Sch. pub. Nat. Syst. Pflanzenr.: 317. 1832, nom. cons. common name: Palmae, palms       Tribus  Raphieae Luerss. pub. Handb. Syst. Bot. 2: 332. Jan 1880.    Subtribus  Raphiinae Wendl. pub. J. Bot. 3: 383. 1 Dec 1865.    Genus  Raphia P. Beauv. pub. (1806) common name: raffia palm

Named members of the Genus Raphia

1	Species  farinifera (Gaertner) Hylander common name: raffia palm
2	Species  hookeri G. Mann & H. A. Wendl. common name: Ivory Coast raphia palm
3	Species  pedunculata P. Beauv. syn. Raphia farinifera
4	Species  sudanica A. Chev. common name: Sudan raphia palm
5	Species  vinifera P. Beauv. common name: West African piassava palm

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.