Flagellariaceae
Flagellaria

Flagellaria gigantea Hook.f.

First published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 15: t. 1429 (1883)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Bismarck Archipelago to SW. Pacific. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago, Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Is., Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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. (1979). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 1: 1-495. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
  • Wepfer, P.H. & Linder, H.P. (2014). The taxonomy of Flagellaria (Flagellariaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 27: 159-179.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Meyer, J.-Y. (2017). Guide des plantes de Wallis et Futuna: 1-486. Au vent des iles, editions, Tahiti.
  • Wepfer, P.H. & Linder, H.P. (2014). The taxonomy of Flagellaria (Flagellariaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 27: 159-179.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1969 Wilkes, C. [s.n.] Fiji K000912659 Lectotype Yes
Smith, A.C. [8929] Fiji K002998640 Yes
Hunt, P.F. [3054] K002998647 Yes
Whitmore, T.C. [BSIP2795] Solomon Islands K002998613 Yes
Degener, O. [14309] Fiji K002998630 Yes
Howard [101] Fiji K002998625 Yes
Reay, L. [12] Fiji K002998632 Yes
Smith, A.C. [753] Fiji K002998653 Yes
Waterhouse, J.H.L. [[30(addl)]] Solomon Islands K002998620 Yes
s.coll. [BSIP 5700] Solomon Islands K002998615 Yes
Smith, A.C. [173] Fiji K002998654 Yes
Corner, E.J.H. [RSS2703] Solomon Islands K002998621 Yes
Maenu'u, L. [BSIP6000] Solomon Islands K002998617 Yes
Yuncker, T.G. [9623] Niue K002998628 Yes
A.C.S.; J.W.P.; P.B.T.; D.K. [16874] Fiji K002998644 Yes
Smith, A.C. [8559] Fiji K002998642 Yes
{Mr. J. D. Tothill; Tothill, B.H.} [90[7]] Fiji K002998636 Yes
MacGillivray, J. [259] K000912658 Unknown Type Material Yes
Christophersen, E.; Hume, E. [2255] Samoa K002998651 Yes
Eames, A.J. [200] Samoa K002998650 Yes
Whitmore, T.C. [BSIP3000] Solomon Islands K002998616 Yes
{Mr. J. D. Tothill; Tothill, B.H.} [s.n.] Fiji K002998635 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Fiji K002998624 Yes
Smith, A.C. [6666] Fiji K002998649 Yes
illegible [1] Samoa K000912661 Unknown Type Material Yes
Degener, O. [14309] Fiji K002998629 Yes
{Mr. J. D. Tothill; Tothill, B.H.} [909] Fiji K002998633 Yes
Nakisi, A.; Babala, D. [BSIP8208] Solomon Islands K002998619 Yes
Smith, A.C. [8559] Fiji K002998643 Yes
Reay, L. [12] Fiji K002998631 Yes
Whitmore, T.C. [BSIP2795] Solomon Islands K002998614 Yes
Milne, W.G. [s.n.] Fiji K000912660 Unknown Type Material Yes
Josiah, J. [65] Vanuatu K002998618 Yes
Smith, A.C. [8929] Fiji K002998641 Yes
A.C.S.; J.W.P.; P.B.T.; D.K. [16874] Fiji K002998645 Yes
s.coll. [3222] Solomon Islands K002998612 Yes
Parham, J.W.; Qoro, I.; I.I.K. [13444] Fiji K002998627 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002998652 Yes
{Mr. J. D. Tothill; Tothill, B.H.} [909] Fiji K002998634 Yes
[J. W. Parham]; [I. Qoro]; I.I.K. [13444] Fiji K002998626 Yes
Degener, O. [15122] Fiji K002998638 Yes
Degener, O. [15122] Fiji K002998639 Yes
Waterhouse, J.H.L. [30] Solomon Islands K002998622 Yes
{Mr. J. D. Tothill; Tothill, B.H.} [907] Fiji K002998637 Yes
Greenwood, W. [991] Fiji K002998648 Yes
Smith, A.E. [173] Fiji K002998655 Yes
Whitmore, T.C. [BSIP4308] Solomon Islands K002998623 Yes
Reinecke [264] K002998646 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 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