Gnetaceae
Gnetum
Gnetum gnemon

Gnetum gnemon var. gnemon

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is SE. Tibet to W. Pacific. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Is., China South-Central, Fiji, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Cambodia, Thailand

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Fell, D.G. & al. (2015). First record of the Gnetales in Australia: Gnetum gnemon L. (Gnetaceae) on Badu and Mua islands, Torres Strait, Queensland. Austrobaileya 9: 421-430.
  • 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.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Smith, A.C. (1979). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 1: 1-495. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2007 Asnah, H. [35554] Malaysia K000442780 No
Aug 30, 2006 Takeuchi, W., et al. [16562] Papua New Guinea K000442086 No
Aug 30, 2006 Takeuchi, W.; Ama, D. [16455] Papua New Guinea K000442085 No
Aug 30, 2006 Takeuchi, W.; Ama, D. [15539] Papua New Guinea K000442084 No
Aug 30, 2006 Stancik, D.; Isua, B. [4900] Papua New Guinea K000442080 No
Nov 4, 2001 Takeuchi, W.; Siga, B.; Towati, A. [14783] Papua New Guinea K000454253 No
Degener, O.; Ordonez, E. [14089] Fiji Gnetum gnemon var. domesticum K000454010 No
Smith, A.C. [6495] Fiji Gnetum gnemon var. domesticum K000454005 No
Vaughan, J.H. [3325] Fiji Gnetum gnemon var. domesticum K000454008 No
Smith, A.C. [6652] Fiji Gnetum gnemon var. domesticum K000454009 No
Tabualewa, A. [15602] Fiji Gnetum gnemon var. domesticum K000454006 No
Tabualewa, A. [15602] Fiji Gnetum gnemon var. domesticum K000454007 No
Watkins, G. [746] Fiji Gnetum gnemon var. domesticum K000454003 No
Greenwood, W. [1037] Fiji Gnetum gnemon var. domesticum K000454002 No
Smith, A.C. [6174] Fiji Gnetum gnemon var. domesticum K000454004 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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