Boraginaceae
Ehretia

Ehretia microphylla Lam.

First published in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 425 (1792)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India to Nansei-shoto and Solomon Islands. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China Southeast, Christmas I., Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Hawaii, Marianas, Nicobar Is., Samoa, South China Sea, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Frohlich, D. & Lau, A. (2014). New plant records for the Hawaiian islands 2012-2013. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 115: 7-17.
  • George, A.S., Orchard, A.E. & Hewson, H.J. (eds.) (1993). Oceanic islands 2. Flora of Australia 50: 1-606. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Yamazaki, T., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (1993). Flora of Japan IIIa: 1-482. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [Cat. no. 905] Ehretia buxifolia K001110241 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 905] Ehretia buxifolia K001110237 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 905] Ehretia buxifolia K001110238 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 905] Ehretia buxifolia K001110240 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 905] Ehretia buxifolia K001110239 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 905] Ehretia buxifolia K001110236 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 905] Ehretia buxifolia K001110242 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 1, 2008 Reynoso, E.; Fuentes, R. [24764] Philippines Carmona retusa K000610044 No
Sep 1, 2008 Madulid et al. [PPI 23792] Philippines Carmona retusa K000610065 No
Sep 1, 2008 Romero, E.; Chavez, R. [PPI 29176] Philippines Carmona retusa K000610095 No
Sep 1, 2008 Romero et al. [PPI 15404] Philippines Carmona retusa K000610064 No
Pullen, R. [6809] Papua New Guinea Carmona heterophylla K000062263 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images