Morinda L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 176 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Republic, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Florida, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Australia, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Chagos Archipelago, Comoros, Cook Is., El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Gilbert Is., Hawaii, Leeward Is., Line Is., Marcus I., Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Society Is., Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turks-Caicos Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Venezuelan Antilles, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 3: 191.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 81 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl.: 176 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 81 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 176 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 14, 2016 Poilane [4851] Vietnam K001273015 No
Nov 14, 2016 Poilane [3119] Vietnam K001273016 No
May 25, 2012 Hasbi, H. [s.94137] Malaysia K000771384 No
May 1, 2011 de Carvalho, F.A.; do Nascimento, R. [1091] Brazil K000174861 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Amin, A. [127056] Malaysia K000174570 No
Bissiengou, P.; Breteler, F.J.; Niangadouma, R.; Boussiengui, J.-N. [419] Gabon K001297961 No
Almeda, F. [8050] Madagascar K001873551 No
Breteler, F.J. [6397] Gabon K001895164 No
Breteler, F.J. [6566] Gabon K001895163 No
Breteler, F.J. [1037] Cameroon K001895159 No
Lisowski [B-8026] Congo, Republic of the K001895160 No
Louis, A.M.; Breteler, F.J.; de Bruijn, J. [481] Gabon K001895161 No
Nkongmeneck, B.A. [1619] Cameroon K001895162 No
Gossweiler, J. [4890] K001895165 No
van Valkenburg, J.L.C.H.; Jongkind, C.C.H.; Niangadouma, R.; Mabicka, A.J. [2554] Gabon K001895145 No
Wieringa, J.J.; Nziengui, B.; Moussavou, J.-M; Mbombet, M. [5267] Gabon K001895146 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8426] K001125489 Unknown Type Material Yes
Razafitsalama, J.L.; Rakotoarinivo, M.; Andrianantenaina, W.; Britt, T.; Ranaivomanana, T.; Andriamasy, A.T.; Tarimy, A.; Tsiafindra. [539] Madagascar K001892937 No
Bissiengou, P.; Breteler, F.J.; Niangadouma, R.; Boussiengui, J.N. [503] Gabon K001297923 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [1126] Cameroon K001519597 No
Adduru, M. [74] Philippines K005261682 No
Loher, A. [6392] Philippines K005261667 No
Jacobs, M. [5423] Malaysia K:SPC-31294.000 No
Reynoso; Gaerlan; et al. [PPI21590] Philippines K005261702 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8422] Nepal K001125483 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gentle, P.H. [6719] Belize K000432672 Isotype Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8424] India K001125486 Unknown Type Material Yes
Merrill [280] Philippines K005261661 No
Davis, A.P.; Rakotonasolo, F. [2151] Madagascar K:SPC-63718.000 No
Loher [1411] K004117831 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8429] K001125492 Unknown Type Material Yes
Horsfield, T. [s.n.] Indonesia K000763785 Unknown Type Material Yes
Moseley (Mr) [s.n.] Philippines K005261671 No
Mauritius K:SPC-70000.317 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8423] K001125485 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kanehira, R. [1527] Micronesia, Federated States of K000763741 Unknown Type Material Yes
Weber, C.M. [1046] Philippines K005261681 No
s.coll. [3041] Philippines K005261672 No
Ridsdale, C.E.; Coode, M.J.E.; Reynoso, E. [5305] Philippines K005261669 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8436] Burma K001125510 Unknown Type Material Yes
Merrill, E.D. [s.n.] Philippines K005261688 No
Romero, E.; Majaducon, R. [PPI29644] Philippines K005261701 No
Rico, L.; Malcolm-Tompkins, P.; Zappi, D.C. [1976] Dominican Republic K000478748 No
s.coll. [3037] Philippines K004117832 No
s.coll. [17915] Philippines K005261666 No
Merritt, M.L. [3718] Philippines K005261684 No
Elmer, A.D.E. [8198] Philippines K005261694 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8430] India K001125494 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [15539] Philippines K005261678 No
s.coll. [3042] Philippines K005261673 No
Guadalupe, N.R. [4] Philippines K005261675 No
Reynoso; Sagcal; Fuentes [PPI840] Philippines K005261704 No
s.coll. [18408] Philippines K005261677 No
Reynoso; Sagcal; Fuentes [PPI17180] Philippines K005261686 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8425] India K001125487 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [10116] Philippines K005261683 No
Wenzel, C.A. [2647] Philippines K005261679 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000763787 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [11767] Philippines K005261680 No
Bruce, H. [Cat. no. 8428] K001125491 Unknown Type Material Yes
Horsfield, T. [779] Indonesia K000763786 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ridsdale, C.E. [SMHI87] Philippines K005261660 No
Wallich, N. [8435] India K000031582 Type Yes
Reynoso; Sagcal; Fuentes [PPI17098] Philippines K005261703 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8427] K001125490 Unknown Type Material Yes
Loher, A. [1409] Philippines K005261668 No
Loher [1410] K004117830 No
Romero, E.; Majaducon, R. [PPI29484] Philippines K005261685 No
Merrill, E.D. [2465] Philippines K005261691 No
Rañeses, S. [s.n.] Philippines K005261674 No
Merrill, E.D. [2113] Philippines K005261692 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8425] India K001125488 Unknown Type Material Yes
Madulid; Reynoso; MPM; EMGA [PPI27433] Philippines K005261700 No
Loher, A. [6319] Philippines K005261698 No
s.coll. [1458] Philippines K005261664 No
Elmer, A.D.E. [5630] Philippines K005261696 No
Reynoso; Alvarez; Fernando [PPI4106] Philippines K005261706 No
s.coll. [1483] Philippines K005261663 No
Cumming [473] Philippines K005261662 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8430] India K001125493 Unknown Type Material Yes
Loher, A. [6316] Philippines K005261697 No
Cajano, M.; Pitarque Jr., F.C. [01174] Philippines K005261705 No
Merrill, E.D. [2325] Philippines K005261689 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8430] India K001125495 Unknown Type Material Yes
Reynoso, E.; Sagcal, E.C. [PPI229] Philippines K005261707 No
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8434] Burma K001125507 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8422] Nepal K001125482 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gammill, J.A. [247] Philippines K004117833 No
Mangubat, L. [923] Philippines K005261699 No
Stone, B.C.; et al. [PPI633] Philippines K005261687 No
Loher, A. [6343] Philippines K005261665 No
Merrill, E.D. [1193] Philippines K005261693 No
Whitford, H.N. [96] Philippines K005261695 No
Merrill, E.D. [1623] Philippines K005261690 No
Weber, C.M. [1046] Philippines K005261676 No
Comanor, P.L. [1011] Sri Lanka K000265588 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis, A.P.; et al. [2257] Madagascar K:SPC-61820.000 No
Merrill, E.D. [2927] Philippines K005261670 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8423] K001125484 Unknown Type Material Yes

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