Native to Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Caprivi Strip, DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Not collected.

March 20, 2018

Location

Namibia, Opuwo District, Kunene Region

-19.260028, 13.877306

Location Remarks

Location withheld.

Collectors

Leevi Nanyeni, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Dalzell

Notes

Tree 4-5 m.

No collection number

December 1, 2002

Location

Zimbabwe, Matabeleland North (Victoria Falls)

-17.920833, 25.845556

Location Remarks

Victoria Falls

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Arecales

Family

Arecaceae

Genus

Hyphaene

Specific Epithet

petersiana

Authorship

Klotzsch ex Mart.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.3

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

0.2

Global rank

#192,398 of 335,497

Top 58%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →