Rubiaceae

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 Repu, 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, 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

Accepted Species

Publications

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?
Jan 1, 2010 Amin [127056], Sabah K000174570 No
Jacobs, M. [5423], Malaysia 31294.000 No
Davis, A.P. [2257], Madagascar 61820.000 No
Davis, A.P. [2151], Madagascar 63718.000 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8423] K001125485 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8427] K001125490 Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8434], Myanmar K001125507 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8430], India K001125494 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8433], Myanmar K001125506 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8433], Myanmar K001125505 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8422], Nepal K001125482 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8422], Nepal K001125483 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8430], India K001125495 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8429] K001125492 Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8424], India K001125486 Yes
Rico, L. [1976], Dominican Republic K000478748 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8425], India K001125487 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8433], Myanmar K001125504 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8426] K001125489 Yes
Bruce, H. [Cat. no. 8428] K001125491 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8423] K001125484 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8430], India K001125493 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8425], India K001125488 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images