Check List 19(4): 479-484, doi: 10.15560/19.4.479
Hyphaene guineensis Schumach. & Thonn. (Arecaceae), a new palm for the flora of Benin
Gbèwonmèdéa Hospice Dassou‡, Doudjo Noufou Ouattara§|, Kifouli Adéoti‡, Judicael Makponsè‡, Augustin Sodjinou‡, Didier Roguet¶, Fred Stauffer¶‡ Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin§ Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire| Université NANGUI ABROGOUA, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire¶ Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
Corresponding author: Gbèwonmèdéa Hospice Dassou ( daspice2@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Radosław Puchałka © Gbèwonmèdéa Hospice Dassou, Doudjo Noufou Ouattara, Kifouli Adéoti, Judicael Makponsè, Augustin Sodjinou, Didier Roguet, Fred Stauffer. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Dassou GH, Ouattara DN, Adéoti K, Makponsè J, Sodjinou A, Roguet D, Stauffer F (2023) Hyphaene guineensis Schumach. & Thonn. (Arecaceae), a new palm for the flora of Benin. Check List 19(4): 479-484. https://doi.org/10.15560/19.4.479 |  |
Abstract
We report for the first time the occurence of Hyphaene guineensis Schumach. & Thonn. (Arecaceae) in the flora of Benin at Grand-Popo. We describe this species using stem, leaf, and fruit morphological traits from field observations, specialized keys, historical and modern herbarium vouchers. Demographic and phenological observations are also provided, and a key is proposed for differentiating H. guineensis from the other species of Hyphaene known from Benin. This work contributes to the knowledge of the geographical distribution, the ecology, and the conservation of H. guineensis in tropical Africa.
Keywords
Coastal thickets, conservation status, discovery, palm species