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Hyphaene compressa

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Internal ID UUID643fdf5bdf87b633911865
Scientific name Hyphaene compressa
Authority H.Wendl.
First published in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 36: 116 (1878)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Hyphaene benadirensis Becc. Agric. Colon. 2: 164 (1908)
Hyphaene incoje Furtado Garcia de Orta 15: 453 (1967)
Hyphaene kilvaensis (Becc.) Furtado Garcia de Orta 15: 453 (1967)
Hyphaene mangoides Becc. Agric. Colon. 2: 166 (1908)
Hyphaene megacarpa Furtado Garcia de Orta 15: 454 (1967)
Hyphaene multiformis Becc. Palme Borass. : 32 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. ambigua Becc. Palme Borass. 35. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. compressa (H.Wendl.) Becc. Palme Borass. 35. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. deformis Becc. Palme Borass. 33. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. diminuta Becc. Palme Borass. 34. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. gibbosa Becc. Palme Borass. 35. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. intermedia Becc. Palme Borass. 34. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. kilvaensis Becc. Palme Borass. 36. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. macrocarpa Becc. Palme Borass. 33. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. mahengensis Becc. Palme Borass. 34. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. manca Becc. Palme Borass. 36. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. morogorensis Becc. Palme Borass. 36. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. moshiensis Becc. Palme Borass. 34. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. nasuta Becc. Palme Borass. 35. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. obconica Becc. Palme Borass. 35. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. obesa Becc. Palme Borass. 35. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. odorata Becc. Palme Borass. 36. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. panganensis Becc. Palme Borass. 36. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. plagiosperma Dammer ex Becc. Palme Borass. 36 1924
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. rovumensis Becc. Palme Borass. 34. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. semiplaena Becc. Palme Borass. 36. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. stenosperma Becc. Palme Borass. 34. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. subglobosa Becc. Palme Borass. 34. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. tangatensis Becc. Palme Borass. 36. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. trigibba Becc. Palme Borass. 35. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene semiplaena (Becc.) Furtado Garcia de Orta 15: 458 (1967)
Chamaeriphes compressa Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 728 (1891)
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. plagiosperma Becc. Palme Borass. 36 1924
Hyphaene multiformis subvar. lindiensis Becc.

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Language Common/alternative name
English doum palm
English east african doum palm
Arabic دوم مضغوط
Chinese 東非杜姆棕

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Mozambique

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000216226
Tropicos 2401623
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:667490-1
The Plant List kew-101361
Open Tree Of Life 6018459
NCBI Taxonomy 2871155
IUCN Red List 95317478
IPNI 667490-1
iNaturalist 81577
GBIF 2735652
Freebase /m/0jkywyz
EOL 1142762
USDA GRIN 313657
Wikipedia Hyphaene_compressa

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De novo transcriptomic analysis of Doum Palm (Hyphaene compressa) revealed an insight into its potential drought tolerance Borlay AJ, Mweu CM, Nyanjom SG, Omolo KM, Naitchede LH PLoS One 12-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10931477
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0292543
PMID:38470884
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Editorial: Women in science: Genetics de Vasconcellos JF, Abedalthagafi M, Calo S, Dajani R, Dlamini Z, Hidalgo B, Le Goff C, Vasanthakumar A Front Genet 03-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9574392
doi:10.3389/fgene.2022.1038317
PMID:36263431
A spatiotemporally explicit paleoenvironmental framework for the Middle Stone Age of eastern Africa Timbrell L, Grove M, Manica A, Rucina S, Blinkhorn J Sci Rep 07-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8901736
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-07742-y
PMID:35256702
Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Doum Palm (Hyphaene compressa) Using Genotyping by Sequencing Omire A, Neondo J, Budambula NL, Wangai L, Ogada S, Mweu C Front Genet 04-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8854861
doi:10.3389/fgene.2022.762202
PMID:35186022
Effects of development interventions on pastoral livelihoods in Turkana County, Kenya Akall G Pastoralism 24-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8610612
doi:10.1186/s13570-021-00197-2
PMID:34840712
Traditional knowledge, use and conservation of plants by the communities of Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya Kathambi V, Mutie FM, Rono PC, Wei N, Munyao JN, Kamau P, Gituru RW, Hu GW, Wang QF Plant Divers 30-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7936104
doi:10.1016/j.pld.2020.12.004
PMID:33733015
Phenotypic Diversity of Doum Palm (Hyphaene compressa), a Semi‐Domesticated Palm in the Arid and Semi‐Arid Regions of Kenya Omire A, Budambula NL, Neondo J, Gituru R, Mweu C Scientifica (Cairo) 29-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7785391
doi:10.1155/2020/4920830
PMID:33457040
Conservation of Wild Food Plants and Their Potential for Combatting Food Insecurity in Kenya as Exemplified by the Drylands of Kitui County Mutie FM, Rono PC, Kathambi V, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 12-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7464302
doi:10.3390/plants9081017
PMID:32806636
The nutritional content of Tana River yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus) foods in a partially forested habitat Bentley-Condit VK, Power ML PLoS One 15-Nov-2018
PMCID:PMC6237341
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0207186
PMID:30439991
ConR: An R package to assist large‐scale multispecies preliminary conservation assessments using distribution data Dauby G, Stévart T, Droissart V, Cosiaux A, Deblauwe V, Simo‐Droissart M, Sosef MS, Lowry PP II, Schatz GE, Gereau RE, Couvreur TL Ecol Evol 16-Dec-2017
PMCID:PMC5743656
doi:10.1002/ece3.3704
PMID:29299301
Forest adjacent households’ voices on their perceptions and adaptation strategies to climate change in Kilombero District, Tanzania Balama C, Augustino S, Eriksen S, Makonda FB Springerplus 21-Jun-2016
PMCID:PMC4916080
doi:10.1186/s40064-016-2484-y
PMID:27390633
Pericarp development and fruit structure in borassoid palms (Arecaceae–Coryphoideae–Borasseae) Romanov MS, Bobrov AV, Wijesundara DS, Romanova ES Ann Bot 10-Aug-2011
PMCID:PMC3219492
doi:10.1093/aob/mcr148
PMID:21831853

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