Editing Hyphaene

{{Short description|Genus of palm trees}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Dum_palm_us.JPG
|image_caption = [[Doum palm]] in Northern Sudan
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Hyphaene
|authority = [[Joseph Gaertner|Gaertn.]]
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=wcsp/>
|synonyms =
* ''Doma'' <small>Lam.</small>
* ''Cucifera'' <small>Delile</small> 
* ''Douma'' <small>Poir. in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau</small>
* ''Chamaeriphes'' <small>Dill. ex Kuntze</small>
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision_ref = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Arecaceae/Hyphaene/ |title=Hyphaene |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2013 |website=The Plant List |access-date=10 August 2017}}</ref>
|subdivision = {{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* ''[[Hyphaene compressa|H. compressa]]'' <small>[[Hermann Wendland|H.Wendl.]]</small>
* ''[[Hyphaene coriacea|H. coriacea]]'' <small>[[Joseph Gaertner|Gaertn.]]</small>
* ''[[Hyphaene dichotoma|H. dichotoma]]'' <small>([[J.White Dubl.]]) [[Caetano Xavier Furtado|Furtado]]</small>
* ''[[Hyphaene guineensis|H. guineensis]]'' <small>[[Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher|Schumach.]] & [[Peter Thonning|Thonn.]]</small>
* ''[[Hyphaene macrosperma|H. macrosperma]]'' <small>[[Hermann Wendland|H.Wendl.]]</small>
* ''[[Hyphaene petersiana|H. petersiana]]'' <small>[[Johann Friedrich Klotzsch|Klotzsch]] ex. [[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius|Mart.]]</small>
* ''[[Hyphaene reptans|H. reptans]]'' <small>[[Odoardo Beccari|Becc.]]</small>
* ''[[Hyphaene thebaica|H. thebaica]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius|Mart.]]</small>
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'''''Hyphaene''''' is a genus of [[Arecaceae|palm]]s native to [[Africa]], [[Madagascar]], the [[Middle East]], and the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref name=wcsp>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=101351 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[http://www.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Hyphaene&page=quickSearch Kew Palms Checklist: ''Hyphaene''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218183840/http://www.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Hyphaene&page=quickSearch |date=2007-02-18 }}</ref><ref>Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.</ref>

The genus includes the [[Hyphaene thebaica|Doum palm]] (''H. thebaica''). They are unusual among palms in having regular naturally branched trunks; most other palms are single-stemmed from the ground. In Swahili, it is called "koma".

==Species==
* ''[[Hyphaene compressa]]'' <small>H.Wendl.</small> - eastern Africa from Ethiopia to Mozambique
* ''[[Hyphaene coriacea]]'' <small>Gaertn.</small> - eastern Africa from South Africa; Madagascar; [[Juan de Nova Island]]
* ''[[Hyphaene dichotoma]]'' <small>(J.White Dubl. ex Nimmo) Furtado</small> - India, Sri Lanka
* ''[[Hyphaene guineensis]]'' <small>Schumach. & Thonn.</small> - western and central Africa from Liberia to Angola
* ''[[Hyphaene macrosperma]]'' <small>H.Wendl.</small> - Benin
* ''[[Hyphaene petersiana]]'' <small>Klotzsch ex Mart.</small> - southern and eastern Africa from South Africa to Tanzania
* ''[[Hyphaene reptans]]'' <small>Becc.</small> - Somalia, Kenya, Yemen
* ''[[Hyphaene thebaica]]'' <small>(L.) Mart.</small> - northeastern, central and western Africa from Egypt to Somalia and west to Senegal and Mauritania; Middle East (Palestine, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Yemen)

==References==
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