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Taxon

Caryota mitis Lour.

Protologue Fl. Cochinch. 2: 569. 1790 [Sep 1790]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Caryota mitis--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 14 Dec 03. 093.jpg

Caryota mitis--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 14 Dec 03. 093.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Caryota mitis--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 14 Dec 03. 094.jpg

Caryota mitis--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 14 Dec 03. 094.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Caryota mitis--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 14 Dec 03. 091.jpg

Caryota mitis--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 14 Dec 03. 091.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Caryota mitis--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 14 Dec 03. 092.jpg

Caryota mitis--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 14 Dec 03. 092.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam; introduced into Comoros, Dominican Republic, Haiti, India, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

December 14, 2003

Location

Ghana, Eastern, Akuapim (Aburi, Aburi Botanic Gardens)

5.8512, -0.17296

Location Remarks

Aburi village, 30 km north of Accra

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Arecales

Family

Arecaceae

Genus

Caryota

Specific Epithet

mitis

Authorship

Lour.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.0

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#289,814 of 335,497

Top 87%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →