Balaka tahitensis

Balaka tahitensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Balaka
Species:	B. tahitensis
Binomial name
	Balaka tahitensis; Becc.
Synonyms
	Balaka brachychlamys (Burret); Balaka minuta (Burret); Balaka polyclada (Burret); Balaka rechingeriana (Burret); Balaka reineckei (Warb.) (Burret); Balaka tuasivica (Christoph.); Drymophloeus minutus (Rech.); Drymophloeus reineckei (Warb.); Ptychosperma tahitensis (H.Wendl.); Saguaster tahitensis (H.Wendl.) (Kuntze); Vitiphoenix minuta (Rech.) (Burret); Vitiphoenix polyclada (Burret)

Balaka tahitensis is a palm, a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is endemic to Samoa.^[1]

Distribution

Balaka tahitensis is found on Upolu and Savai'i, in understory forest to about 800m elevation ^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Balaka tahitensis". eMonocot. Archived from the original on July 20, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
^ Hodel, Donald R (2010). "A Synopsis of the Genus Balaka" (PDF). Palms. 54 (4): 161–188.

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Taxon identifiers
Balaka tahitensis	Wikidata: Q15296824 BOLD: 899310 CoL: KF9Y EoL: 1130297 GBIF: 2736860 iNaturalist: 364430 IPNI: 664822-1 NCBI: 1085969 Observation.org: 407155 Open Tree of Life: 250338 Plant List: kew-19428 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:664822-1 Tropicos: 100152004 WFO: wfo-0000313177
Ptychosperma tahitensis	Wikidata: Q38479281 CoL: 78MVQ GBIF: 2736864 IPNI: 669456-1 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:669456-1 Tropicos: 100249180 WFO: wfo-0000288868

Balaka tahitensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Balaka
Species:	B. tahitensis
Binomial name
*Balaka tahitensis* Becc.
Synonyms
Balaka brachychlamys (Burret)^[1] Balaka minuta (Burret)^[1] Balaka polyclada (Burret)^[1] Balaka rechingeriana (Burret)^[1] Balaka reineckei (Warb.) (Burret)^[1] Balaka tuasivica (Christoph.)^[1] Drymophloeus minutus (Rech.)^[1] Drymophloeus reineckei (Warb.)^[1] Ptychosperma tahitensis (H.Wendl.)^[1] Saguaster tahitensis (H.Wendl.) (Kuntze)^[1] Vitiphoenix minuta (Rech.) (Burret)^[1] Vitiphoenix polyclada (Burret)^[1]