Rhus taitensis Guill.
First published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 7: 361 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Jawa to Pacific. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Is., Cook Is., Fiji, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Marianas, New Guinea, Niue, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is.
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Duckera taitensis (Guill.) F.A.Barkley in Lilloa 23: 253 (1950)
- Rhus simarubifolia var. taitensis (Guill.) Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 450 (1883), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Melanochyla tomentosa Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 450 (1883), orth. var.
- Melanococca tomentosa Blume in Mus. Bot. 1: 236 (1850)
- Rhus engleriana Warb. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 13: 363 (1891)
- Rhus ferruginea Teijsm. & Binn. ex Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 450 (1883), not validly publ.
- Rhus panaciformis F.Muell. in Fragm. 7: 22 (1869)
- Rhus retusa Zoll. ex Teijsm. & Binn. in Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor.: 230 (1866)
- Rhus retusa var. blumei Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 450 (1883)
- Rhus rufa Teijsm. & Binn. in Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 27: 52 (1864)
- Rhus simarubifolia A.Gray in U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 367 (1854)
- Toxicodendron retusum (Zoll. ex Teijsm. & Binn.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 154 (1891)
- Toxicodendron simarubifolia (A.Gray) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 154 (1891)
- Otonychium retusum Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(2): 572 (1859)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Banks, R.C. (ed.) (1982). Wildlife and wildlife habitat of American Samoa 2: 1-151. U.S. Fisch and Wildlife services, Washington.
- 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.
- Gardner, R.O. (2011). Trees and shrubs of Niue: an identification guide to the island's indigenous and naturalised woody plants: 1-244. R.O. Gardner, Auckland, New Zealand.
- Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
- Hancock, I.R. & Henderson, C.P. (1988). Flora of the Solomon Islands. Research Bulletin Dodo Creek Research Station 7: 1-203.
- Meyer, J.-Y. (2017). Guide des plantes de Wallis et Futuna: 1-486. Au vent des iles, editions, Tahiti.
- 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.
- Sykes, W.R. (1970). Contributions to the flora of Niue. Bulletin, New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 200: 1-321.
- Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
- van Steenis, C.G.G.J. (ed.) (1974-1978). Flora Malesiana 8: 1-577. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Banks, R.C. (ed.) (1982). Wildlife and wildlife habitat of American Samoa 2: 1-151. U.S. Fisch and Wildlife services, Washington.
- 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.
- Gardner, R.O. (2011). Trees and shrubs of Niue: an identification guide to the island's indigenous and naturalised woody plants: 1-244. R.O. Gardner, Auckland, New Zealand.
- Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
- Guillaumin, A. (1948). Compendium de la Flore Phanérogamique des Nouvelles Hébrides. Annales de l'Institut Botanico-Geologique de Marseille, VI, 5-6: 1-56.
- Hancock, I.R. & Henderson, C.P. (1988). Flora of the Solomon Islands. Research Bulletin Dodo Creek Research Station 7: 1-203.
- 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.
- Smith, A.C. (1985). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 3: 1-758. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
- Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
- Yuncker, T.G. (1959). Plants of Tonga. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 220: 1-283.
- van Steenis, C.G.G.J. (ed.) (1974-1978). Flora Malesiana 8: 1-577. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Feb 20, 2014 | Takeuchi, W. et al. [19369], Papua New Guinea | K000618181 | No | ||
Feb 20, 2014 | Piskaut, P. [UPNG 20197], Papua New Guinea | K000618180 | No | ||
Aug 1, 1973 | Cuming, H. [s.n.], Philippines | K000695065 | Yes | ||
Teysmann [5191], Maluku | K000695068 | Yes | |||
Mueller, F.J.H.von [s.n.], Queensland | K000695058 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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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
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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