Goodeniaceae
Scaevola

Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb.

First published in Hort. Bengal.: 15 (1814)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Kenya to E. Tanzania, KwaZulu-Natal, Indian Ocean to Pacific. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Aldabra, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Cook Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hainan, Hawaii, India, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marcus I., Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia

Extinct in:

Norfolk Is.

Introduced into:

Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Is., Cuba, Florida, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Texas, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • 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.
  • Hallé, N. (1980). Les Orchidees de Tubuai (archipel des Australes, Sud Polynesie), suivies d'un catalogue des plantes a fleurs et fougeres des iles Australes. Cahiers de l'Indo-Pacifique 2(3): 69-130.
  • Kitalong, A.H., DeMeo, R.A. & Holm, T. (2008). Native Trees Palau. A field guide: 1-236.
  • Nasir, E. & Ali, S.I. (eds.) (1970-1995). Flora of West Pakistan 1-131.
  • 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.
  • Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. (ed.) (1960-1972). Flora Malesiana 6: 1-1023. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • van Proosdij, A.S.J. (2012). Arnoldo's Zakflora, ed. 4: 1-318. Walburg Pers, Zutphen.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Castle, G.E. (1994). Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 1-663. Orstom Editions. [Cited as Scaevola sericea.]
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento. [Cited as Scaevola plumieri.]
  • Woodroffe, C.D. (1985). Vegetation and flora of Nui Atoll, Tuvalu. Atoll Research Bulletin 283: 1-18. [Cited as Scaevola sericea.]

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Roxb., Fl. Ind., ed (1820) 2: 146 (1824).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Ananda Rao, T. & Ellis, J.L. (1995). Flora of Lakshadweep islands off the Malabar coast, peninsular India, with emphasis on phytogeographical distribution of plants. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 19: 235-250.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Castle, G.E. (1994). Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 1-663. Orstom Editions.
  • Christopherson, E. (1935). Flowering Plants of Samoa. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 128: 1-221.
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (2014-continuously updated). Atlas of Living Australia http://www.ala.org.au/.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1997). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 11: 1-420. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Doty, M.S. & al. (1954). Floristics and plant ecology of Raroia Atoll, Tuamotus. Atoll Research Bulletin 33: 1-58.
  • Florence, J., Waldren, S. & Chepstow-Lusty, A.J. (1995). The flora of the Pitcairn islands: a review. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 56: 79-119.
  • Fosberg, F.R. & Sachet, M.-H. (1987). Flora of the Gilbert Island, Kiribati, Checklist. Atoll Research Bulletin 295: 1-33.
  • Fosberg, F.R. & Stoddard, D.R. (1994). Flora of the Phoenix Islands, Central Pacific. Atoll Research Bulletin 393: 1-60.
  • Fosberg, F.R. (1957). The Maldive islands, Indian Ocean. Atoll Research Bulletin 58: 1-37.
  • 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.
  • Gardner, R.O. (2011). Trees and shrubs of Niue: an identification guide to the island's indigenous and naturalised woody plants: 1-244. R.O. Gardner, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
  • Guillaumin, A. (1948). Compendium de la Flore Phanérogamique des Nouvelles Hébrides. Annales de l'Institut Botanico-Geologique de Marseille, VI, 5-6: 1-56.
  • Hallé, N. (1980). Les Orchidees de Tubuai (archipel des Australes, Sud Polynesie), suivies d'un catalogue des plantes a fleurs et fougeres des iles Australes. Cahiers de l'Indo-Pacifique 2(3): 69-130.
  • Hancock, I.R. & Henderson, C.P. (1988). Flora of the Solomon Islands. Research Bulletin Dodo Creek Research Station 7: 1-203.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Yamazaki, T., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (1993). Flora of Japan IIIa: 1-482. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Kitalong, A.H., DeMeo, R.A. & Holm, T. (2008). Native Trees Palau. A field guide: 1-236.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
  • Morat, P. & Mackee, H.S. (eds.) (1990). Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances 16: 1-137. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • 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.
  • Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1994). Oceanic Islands 1. Flora of Australia 49: 1-681. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Parham, B.E.V. (1971). The Vegetation of the Tokelau Islands with special reference to the plants of Nukunonu Atoll. New Zealand Journal of Botany 9: 576-609.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Smith, A.C. (1991). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 5: 1-626. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Thaman, R.R., Fosberg, F.R., Manner, H.I. & Hassall, D.C. (1994). The Flora of Nauru. Atoll Research Bulletin 392: 1-223.
  • Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.
  • Woodroffe, C.D. (1985). Vegetation and flora of Nui Atoll, Tuvalu. Atoll Research Bulletin 283: 1-18.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • van Proosdij, A.S.J. (2012). Arnoldo's Zakflora, ed. 4: 1-318. Walburg Pers, Zutphen.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 26, 2004 Schultz, N. [s.n.] Australia K000216116 Yes
Oct 26, 2004 Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia K000216448 No
Oct 26, 2004 Cunningham, A. [s.n.] Australia K000216113 Yes
Oct 26, 2004 Mueller, F., von [s.n.] Australia K000216115 Yes
Oct 26, 2004 leg. ign. [s.n.] New Caledonia K000216109 Yes
Oct 26, 2004 Dallachy [s.n.] Australia K000216111 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [1253] Seychelles K:SPC-06049.029 No
Lambert [s.n.] India K001419197 Holotype No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1314] Malaysia K001112705 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1314] Thailand K001112712 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1314] K001112710 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hunt, P.F. [2761] Solomon Islands K:SPC-29879.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1314] K001112709 Unknown Type Material Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [743] Seychelles K:SPC-07389.000 No
Trethowan, L.; Rustiami, H.; Bramley, G.; Puglisi, C.; Mus; Jhon; Azim; Wira [1241] Indonesia K001569640 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1314] K001112707 Unknown Type Material Yes
Balslev, H.; Poopath, M.; Karaket, P.; Thaotawin, P.; Kladwong, P.; Rujichaipimon, W.; Brem Nøhr, N. [10234] Thailand K001767392 No
Verdcourt, B. [3910] Kenya K:SPC-26046.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1314] K001112706 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1314] K001112711 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1314] K001112708 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich [1314] K000741869 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jeffrey, C. [387] Seychelles Scaevola frutescens K:SPC-23322.000 No
Faulkner, H. [2681] Tanzania Scaevola frutescens K:SPC-06643.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1059] Kenya Scaevola frutescens K:SPC-11592.000 No
Fitzalan, E. [s.n.] Australia Scaevola koenigii K000216112 Yes
Schomburgk, M.R. [s.n.] Australia Scaevola koenigii K000216117 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Babon et al. [PPI 18785] Philippines Scaevola sericea K000611656 No
Jan 1, 2010 Romero; Chavez [PPI 29121] Philippines Scaevola sericea K000661655 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Gaerlan et al. [PPI 26487] Philippines Scaevola sericea K000611654 No
Jan 1, 2010 Romero; Chavez [PPI 37582] Philippines Scaevola sericea K000661657 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Gaerlan et al. [PPI 26487] Philippines Scaevola sericea K000661654 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Gaerlan et al. [PPI 2090] Philippines Scaevola sericea K000661653 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Babon et al. [PPI 18785] Philippines Scaevola sericea K000661656 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Romero et al. [PPI 15522] Philippines Scaevola sericea K000611646 No
Jan 1, 2010 Gaerlan et al. [PPI 2090] Philippines Scaevola sericea K000611653 No
Jan 1, 2010 Romero; Chavez [PPI 37582] Philippines Scaevola sericea K000611657 No
Jan 1, 2010 Romero; Chavez [PPI 29121] Philippines Scaevola sericea K000611655 No
Jan 1, 2008 Said, I.M. [15906] Brunei Scaevola sericea K000512568 No

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