Flacourtia rukam Zoll. & Moritzi

First published in A.Moritzi, Syst. Verz. Java: 33 (1846)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nicobar Islands to W. Pacific. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Borneo, Caroline Is., Fiji, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Introduced into:

Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., Hainan, India, Laos, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Banks, R.C. (ed.) (1982). Wildlife and wildlife habitat of American Samoa 2: 1-151. U.S. Fisch and Wildlife services, Washington.
  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Meyer, J.-Y. (2017). Guide des plantes de Wallis et Futuna: 1-486. Au vent des iles, editions, Tahiti.
  • 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.
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • 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.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.
  • 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. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 13: 1-548. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Hancock, I.R. & Henderson, C.P. (1988). Flora of the Solomon Islands. Research Bulletin Dodo Creek Research Station 7: 1-203.
  • Meyer, J.-Y. (2017). Guide des plantes de Wallis et Futuna: 1-486. Au vent des iles, editions, Tahiti.
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • 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.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 13: 1-548. Science Press (Beijing) & 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?
Mar 30, 2001 Hoare, A.; Lakong, J. [327] Malaysia K:SPC-71317.000 No
Nov 1, 1953 Cumming [771] Philippines K000591188 Type Yes
Nov 1, 1953 s.coll. [17392] Philippines K000591186 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 1, 1953 Ramos, M.; Edano, G. [43910] Philippines K000591185 Type Yes
Nov 1, 1953 s.coll. [14044] Philippines K000591187 Type Yes
Nov 1, 1953 Garai [973] Malaysia K000591189 Type Yes
{Dr. K. u. L. Rechinger.} [781] Samoa K002241641 Yes
Curry, P. [522] Vanuatu K002241552 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [11606] Samoa K002241634 Yes
Garber, D.W. [776] Samoa K002241635 Yes
Leong, P.; Koh, S.L.; Ali, I.; Athen, P.; Pannell, C.M. [SING2019-1072] Singapore K001612821 Yes
Patsipun.; Jugah.; et al. [S.79921] Malaysia K001891874 Yes
Schlechter, R. [18998] Papua New Guinea K002241507 Yes
Hopkins, G.H.E. [640K] Samoa K002241629 Yes
Lamei, P. [LAE89500] Papua New Guinea K002241503 Yes
Harold St. John [19126] Fiji K002241643 Yes
Yuncker, T.G. [9520] Samoa K002241628 Yes
Horne, J. [[6,31]] Samoa K002241639 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [8617] Samoa K002241631 Yes
Christophersen, E. [64] Samoa K002241626 Yes
Mitchell, D. [570] Samoa K002241638 Yes
Kajewski, S.F. [633] Vanuatu K002241554 Yes
Harold St. John [19[6]38] Fiji K002241644 Yes
Wilkie, P.; Chan, Y.C.; Ayau, K.; Norzamli [FRI72011] Malaysia K001528922 Yes
Norzielawati, S.; Syazwani, A.; Imin, K.; Mohd. Hairul, M.A. [FRI 84667] Malaysia K001569744 Yes
Curry, P. [1096] Vanuatu K002241549 Yes
Bristol, M.L. [2380] Samoa K002241630 Yes
Wiakabu, J.; et al. [Lae50600] Papua New Guinea K002241506 Yes
Curry, P. [1312] Vanuatu K002241550 Yes
Hopkins, G.H.E. [640K] Samoa K002241624 Yes
Yuncker, T.G. [9063] Samoa K002241632 Yes
Kostermans; Soegeng [859] Indonesia K002241504 Yes
Cowmeadow, A.W. [BSIP4768] Solomon Islands K002241553 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [W3114] Samoa K002241642 Yes
Sands, M.J.S.; Maturbongs, R. [6804] Indonesia K002241505 Yes
Schlechter, R. [18998] Papua New Guinea K002241508 Yes
[Fil. Raigiso] [1566] Fiji K002241622 Yes
Powell [s.n.] Samoa K002241625 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [9222] Samoa K002241633 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [W3114] Samoa K002241636 Yes
Christophersen, E. [545] Samoa K002241640 Yes
Chew Wee-Lek [RSNH132] Vanuatu K002241551 Yes
[G. H. E. ] Hopkins [s.n.] Samoa K002241627 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K002242041 Yes
Vaupel, F. [219] Samoa K002241637 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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