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This species is accepted, and its native range is NE. New Guinea to Vanuatu.

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Vanuatu

Macaranga dioica (G.Forst.) Müll.Arg. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Wheatley, J.I. [667], Vanuatu 54993.000
Forster, G. [s.n.] K001067265
Forster, G. [s.n.] K001067268
Mar 23, 2001 Whitmore, T. [2227], Solomon Is. Macaranga dioica var. glabra K001067266 holotype

First published in Linnaea 34: 199 (1865)

Accepted by

  • Takeuchi, W. (2005). Floristic notes from a holocene successional environment in Papuasia Harvard Papers in Botany 10: 95-116.
  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wheatley, J.I. (1992). A guide to the common trees of Vanuatu. With lists of their traditional uses & ni-Vanuatu names: 1-308. Department of Forestry, Port Vila.

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