Nypa fruticans

Nipa palm
Temporal range: 82–0 Ma Late Cretaceous - recent
Nipa palms in Bohol, Philippines
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Nypoideae
Griff.
Genus: Nypa
Steck[3]
Species:
N. fruticans
Binomial name
Nypa fruticans
Synonyms[2]
  • Cocos nypa Lour.
  • Nipa arborescens Wurmb ex H.Wendl.
  • Nipa fruticans (Wurmb) Thunb.
  • Nipa litoralis Blanco
  • Nypa fruticans var. neameana F.M.Bailey

Nypa fruticans, commonly known as the nipa palm (or simply nipa, from Malay: nipah) or mangrove palm,[4] is a species of palm native to the coastlines and estuarine habitats of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the only palm considered adapted to the mangrove biome. The genus Nypa and the subfamily Nypoideae are monotypic taxa because this species is their only member.[5]

  1. ^ Ellison, J.; Koedam, N.E.; Wang, Y.; Primavera, J.; Jin Eong, O.; Wan-Hong Yong, J.; Ngoc Nam, V. (2010). "Nypa fruticans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178800A7610085. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T178800A7610085.en. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Nypa fruticans Wurmb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  3. ^ "genus Nypa". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) [Online Database]. United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Nypa fruticans". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  5. ^ John Leslie Dowe (2010). Australian Palms: Biogeography, Ecology and Systematics. Csiro. p. 83. ISBN 9780643096158. Retrieved April 20, 2012.