Rubiaceae
Adina

Adina cordifolia (Roxb.) Hook.f. & Benth.

First published in D.Brandis, Forest Fl. N.W. India: 263 (1874)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent to China (Yunnan) and Peninsula Malaysia (Perlis). It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Puff, C., Chayamarit, K., Chamchumroon, V. & Esser, H.-J. (2021). Flora of Thailand 15(1): 1-235. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2022). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Singh, V., Singh, P. & Dash, S.S. (eds.) (2021). Flora of India 9: 1-482. Botanical Survey of India.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Haldina cordifolia.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Haldina cordifolia.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2022). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Pierre, L. [1228] Cambodia Haldina cordifolia K004262309 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cambodia Haldina cordifolia K004262308 Yes
s.coll. [12] Vietnam Haldina cordifolia K004262311 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [2937] Thailand Haldina cordifolia K004262320 Yes
Pierre [1707] Vietnam Haldina cordifolia K004262313 Yes
Pierre [586] Cambodia Haldina cordifolia K004262312 Yes
Groff, G.W. [s.n.] Thailand Haldina cordifolia K004262317 Yes
Chantaranothai, P.; Parnell, J.; Simpson, D. [90/15] Thailand Haldina cordifolia K004262322 Yes
Soejarto, D.D.; Southavong, B.H. [10796] Laos Haldina cordifolia K004262310 Yes
Collins, E.E. [178] Thailand Haldina cordifolia K004262319 Yes
Poilane [1702] Vietnam Haldina cordifolia K004262314 Yes
Odukwe, D.O. [FHI33908] Nigeria Haldina cordifolia K004262323 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19510] Thailand Haldina cordifolia K004262318 Yes
s.coll. [1824] India Haldina cordifolia K000030894 Type Yes
Sangkhachand, B.; Phengkhlai, C. [994] Thailand Haldina cordifolia K004262316 Yes
Put [2128] Thailand Haldina cordifolia K004262321 Yes
Poilane, M. [s.n.] Haldina cordifolia K004262315 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6092] Nauclea cordifolia K001122993 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6092] Burma Nauclea cordifolia K001123004 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6092] Nauclea cordifolia K001122998 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6092] Burma Nauclea cordifolia K001123003 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 6092] India Nauclea cordifolia K001122995 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6092] India Nauclea cordifolia K001123000 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6092] India Nauclea cordifolia K001122997 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6092] Nauclea cordifolia K001123001 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6092] India Nauclea cordifolia K001123002 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6092] Nauclea cordifolia K001122999 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kamrup [Cat. no. 6092] India Nauclea cordifolia K001122996 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6092] Nauclea cordifolia K001122994 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Art and Illustrations in Digifolia

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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

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