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This species is accepted, and its native range is Nicobar Islands to W. Pacific.

Native to:

Borneo, Caroline Is., Fiji, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tonga, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Introduced into:

Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., Hainan, India, Laos, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Flacourtia rukam Zoll. & Moritzi appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Mar 30, 2001 Hoare, A. [327], Malaysia 71317.000
Nov 1, 1953 s.coll. [17392], Philippines K000591186
Nov 1, 1953 s.coll. [14044], Philippines K000591187 Unknown type material
Nov 1, 1953 Ramos, M. [43910], Philippines K000591185 Unknown type material
Nov 1, 1953 Garai [973], Sarawak K000591189 Unknown type material
Nov 1, 1953 Cumming [771], Philippines K000591188 isotype
Coode, M.J.E. [7789], Brunei 60082.000

First published in A.Moritzi, Syst. Verz. Java: 33 (1846)

Accepted by

  • Meyer, J.-Y. (2017). Guide des plantes de Wallis et Futuna: 1-486. Au vent des iles, editions, Tahiti.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 13: 1-548. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.
  • Morat, P. & Veillon, J.-M. (1985). Contributions à la conaissance de la végétation et de la flore de Wallis et Futuna Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section B, Adansonia 7: 259-329.
  • Banks, R.C. (ed.) (1982). Wildlife and wildlife habitat of American Samoa 2: 1-151. U.S. Fisch and Wildlife services, Washington.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Meyer, J.-Y. (2017). Guide des plantes de Wallis et Futuna: 1-486. Au vent des iles, editions, Tahiti.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 13: 1-548. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Hancock, I.R. & Henderson, C.P. (1988). Flora of the Solomon Islands Research Bulletin Dodo Creek Research Station 7: 1-203.

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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0