Ascarina diffusa A.C.Sm.

First published in J. Arnold Arbor. 57: 415 (1976)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Bismarck Archipelago to Cook Islands. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Bismarck Archipelago, Cook Is., Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Is., Vanuatu

Banks, R.C. (ed.) (1982). Wildlife and wildlife habitat of American Samoa 2: 1-151. U.S. Fisch and Wildlife services, Washington.
Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
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. (1981). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 2: 1-810. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. & De Wilde, W.J.J.O. (eds.) (1984-1989). Flora Malesiana 10: 1-748. 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.

Date	Reference	Identified As	Barcode	Type Status	Has image?
Jul 21, 2011	Clunies-Ross [CCR 152], Vanuatu		K000606152		No
	Smith, A.C. [7887], Fiji		K000802699	isotype	Yes

Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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