Phyllanthaceae
Flueggea

Flueggea flexuosa Müll.Arg.

First published in Linnaea 34: 76 (1865)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Philippines to W. Pacific. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Is., Fiji, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Is., Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barker, C. & van Welzen, P.C. (2010). Flueggea (Euphorbiaceae s. l. or Phyllanthaceae) in Malesia. Systematic Botany 35: 541-551.
  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Wheatley, J.I. (1992). A guide to the common trees of Vanuatu. With lists of their traditional uses & ni-Vanuatu names: 1-308. Department of Forestry, Port Vila.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Gafui, I.H.; et al. [BSIP9257] Solomon Islands K004832061 Yes
Gafui, I.; et al. [BSIP15282] Solomon Islands K004831983 Yes
Runikera, P.; et al. [BSIP13067] Solomon Islands K004831961 Yes
Gafui, I.; et al. [BSIP17304] Solomon Islands K004832038 Yes
Fa'arodo, H.; et al. [BSIP12328] Solomon Islands K004832063 Yes
[officers of H.M.S. "Penguin"] [s.n.] Solomon Islands K004831975 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP17681] Solomon Islands K004832044 Yes
Gafui, I.; et al. [BSIP16888] Solomon Islands K004831982 Yes
Gafui, I.; et al. [BSIP18440] Solomon Islands K004831972 Yes
Gafui, I.H.; et al. [BSIP10687] Solomon Islands K004832004 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP14268] Solomon Islands K004831959 Yes
Gafui, I.; et al. [BSIP16478] Solomon Islands K004832033 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP13528] Solomon Islands K004832035 Yes
Hunt, P.F. [2916] Solomon Islands K004831976 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP14211] Solomon Islands K004831966 Yes
Walker, F.S.; White, C.T. [BSIP104] Solomon Islands K004831997 Yes
Womersley, J.S. [LAE77227] Papua New Guinea K004831967 Yes
s.coll. [19789] France K004832028 Yes
Whitmore's collectors [BSIP5531] Solomon Islands K004831974 Yes
Nakisi, A. [BSIP8112] Solomon Islands K004832062 Yes
s.coll. [1200] Fiji K004832011 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP13261] Solomon Islands K004831964 Yes
Gafui, I.H.; et al. [BSIP10606] Solomon Islands K004832032 Yes
Womersley; Whitmore [BSIP1154] Solomon Islands K004831989 Yes
Runikera, P.; et al. [BSIP10533] Solomon Islands K004832002 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Samoa K004832016 Yes
Collectors, C. [BSIP3297] Solomon Islands K004831988 Yes
Whitmore, T.C. [BSIP3877] Solomon Islands K004831999 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP14179] Solomon Islands K004831984 Yes
Gafui, I.; et al. [BSIP17355] Solomon Islands K004831968 Yes
Wheatley, J.I. [332] Vanuatu K004832051 Yes
Whitmore, T.C. [BSIP4196] Solomon Islands K004831965 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP13444] Solomon Islands K004832034 Yes
Gafui, I.; et al. [BSIP12831] Solomon Islands K004832049 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [11622] Samoa K004832021 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP8834] Solomon Islands K004832056 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP17131] Solomon Islands K004832048 Yes
Clunies-Ross [CCR129] Vanuatu K004832005 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP17059] Solomon Islands K004832047 Yes
Henderson [50] Solomon Islands K004831995 Yes
Gafui, I.H.; et al. [BSIP10770] Solomon Islands K004832003 Yes
Whitmore, T.C. [BSIP1502] Solomon Islands K004831985 Yes
Runikera, P.; et al. [BSIP9911] Solomon Islands K004832060 Yes
Whitmore's collectors [BSIP3742] Solomon Islands K004831987 Yes
St John, H. [19468] Fiji K004832029 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP14438] Solomon Islands K004831981 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP17676] Solomon Islands K004832043 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [W1777] Samoa K004832020 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [W4556] Samoa K004832024 Yes
Collectors, C. [BSIP3202] Solomon Islands K004832052 Yes
Morrison, C. [291] Solomon Islands K004832000 Yes
Maenu'u, L. [BSIP6049] Solomon Islands K004832053 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP17625] Solomon Islands K004832046 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP11462] Solomon Islands K004832057 Yes
Whitmore's collectors [BSIP2936] Solomon Islands K004831986 Yes
Vetawa, J. [30] Fiji K004832009 Yes
Qoro, I.; Kuruvoli, I.T. [13718] Fiji K004832010 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP17927] Solomon Islands K004832041 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP15731] Solomon Islands K004831978 Yes
Cox, P.A. [142] Samoa K004832023 Yes
Setchell, W.A.; Parks, H.E. [15545] Tonga K004832012 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Samoa K004832014 Yes
Morrison, C. [259] Solomon Islands K004831993 Yes
Whitmore's collectors [BSIP5331] Solomon Islands K004831969 Yes
Powell, T. [312] Samoa K004832013 Yes
Cabalion, P. [2680] Vanuatu K004832050 Yes
Christophersen, E. [297] Samoa K004832015 Yes
Lipaqeto, Z. [BSIP3457] Solomon Islands K004831998 Yes
s.coll. [19763] France K004832025 Yes
Corner, E.J.H. [2113] Solomon Islands K004831994 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP8728] Solomon Islands K004832055 Yes
Pillon, Y. [1132] Vanuatu K004832006 Yes
Morrison, C. [256] Solomon Islands K004831992 Yes
Walker, F.S.; White, C.T. [BSIP103] Solomon Islands K004831996 Yes
Waterhouse, J.H.L. [806-B] Solomon Islands K004831960 Yes
Gafui, I.; et al. [[BSIP15461]] Solomon Islands K004831979 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP11707] Solomon Islands K004832058 Yes
Fa'arodo, H.; et al. [BSIP13723] Solomon Islands K004832039 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP17998] Solomon Islands K004832059 Yes
Teona, R. [BSIP6206] Solomon Islands K004832037 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP17603] Solomon Islands K004832045 Yes
Gafui, I.H.; et al. [BSIP15040] Solomon Islands K004831980 Yes
s.coll. [1200] Fiji K004832008 No
Gafui, I.; et al. [BSIP18590] Solomon Islands K004831971 Yes
s.coll. [206] K004832040 Yes
Comins, R.B. [236] Solomon Islands K004832036 Yes
W. Beer's collectors [BSIP7270] Solomon Islands K004831977 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [11045] Samoa K004832022 Yes
Gafui, I.H.; et al. [BSIP10249] Solomon Islands K004832001 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP12286] Solomon Islands K004832064 Yes
Runikera, P.; et al. [BSIP10304] Solomon Islands K004832030 Yes
Gafui, I.H.; et al. [BSIP10582] Solomon Islands K004832031 Yes
Gafui, I.H.; et al. [BSIP8848] Solomon Islands K004832054 Yes
s.coll. [5925] New Caledonia K004832007 Yes
s.coll. [19763] France K004832026 Yes
s.coll. [19784] France K004832027 Yes
Gafui, I.; et al. [BSIP17329] Solomon Islands K004831970 Yes
Craven, L.; Schodde, R. [530] Papua New Guinea K004831962 Yes
Bristol, M.L. [2100] Samoa K004832018 Yes
Mackee, H.S. [19926] Samoa K004832019 Yes
Lipaqeto, Z. [BSIP3372] Solomon Islands K004831990 Yes
Gafui, I.; et al. [BSIP18446] Solomon Islands K004831973 Yes
Mauriasi, R.; et al. [BSIP13306] Solomon Islands K004831963 Yes
Inimua, E. [BSIP6531] Solomon Islands K004832042 Yes
Whitmore, T.C. [BSIP2550] Solomon Islands K004831991 Yes
Christophersen, E. [2794] Samoa K004832017 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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