Taxon: Ravenea rivularis Jum. & H. Perrier

Genus:

Ravenea

Family:

Arecaceae (alt.Palmae)

Subfamily:

Ceroxyloideae

Tribe:

Ceroxyleae

Nomen number:

402115

Place of publication:

Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille sér. 3, 1:54, t. 29-31. 1913

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

31-mar-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 09-mar-2017

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

majestic palm (Source: Palms World) - English
bäckpalm (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

CITES Appendix II: ()
Environmental: ornamental (fide Kew Bull 49:628. 1994)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar (s.-w.)

Cultivated

(also cult.)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Beentje, H. J. 1994. A monograph of Ravenea (Palmae: Ceroxyloideae) Kew Bull. 49:649-651.
CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource). (CITES Appendices)
Jones, D. L. Palms throughout the world. 1994 (Palms World)

Check other web resources for Ravenea rivularis Jum. & H. Perrier :

ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=402115. Accessed 7 junio 2026.