Oldenlandia umbellata L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 119 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Hainan to Tropical Asia. It is an annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Andaman Is., Cambodia, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Vietnam
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Gerontogea umbellata (L.) Cham. & Schltdl. in Linnaea 4: 154 (1829)
- Hedyotis brevicalyx Sivar., Biju & P.Mathew in Kew Bull. 48: 393 (1993)
- Hedyotis umbellata (L.) Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 272 (1792), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Hedyotis hispida Roth in Nov. Pl. Sp.: 95 (1821), nom. illeg.
- Hedyotis indica Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 3: 195 (1818)
- Hedyotis linarifolia R.Br. ex Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 870 (1829), nom. nud.
- Hedyotis puberula (G.Don) R.Br. ex Arn. in Pug. Pl. Ind. Or.: 24 (1836)
- Hedyotis wightii (Hook.f.) K.K.N.Nair in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79: 453 (1982 publ. 1983)
- Oldenlandia puberula G.Don in Gen. Hist. 3: 530 (1834)
- Oldenlandia wightii Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 3: 66 (1880)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Ananda Rao, T. & Ellis, J.L. (1995). Flora of Lakshadweep islands off the Malabar coast, peninsular India, with emphasis on phytogeographical distribution of plants. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 19: 235-250.
- Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Wikström, N., Neupane, S., Kårehed, J., Motley, T.J. & Bremer, B. (2013). Phylogeny of Hedyotis (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae): redefining a comlex Asian-Pacific assemblage. Taxon 62: 357-374.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C. in Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink, R. C. (1965). Flora of Java 2: 1-641. N.V.P. Noordhoff, Groningen, The Netherlands.
- Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
- Ehrendorfer, F., Schönbeck-Temesy, E., Puff, C. & Rechinger, W. (2005). Rubiaceae. Flora Iranica 176: 1-287. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
- Hộ, P.-H. (2000). Câycỏ Việtnam. An Illustrated flora of Vietnam, ed. 2, 3: 1-1020. Pham-hoang Ho, Montréal.
- Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wight, R. [1511], India | Oldenlandia wightii | K000031266 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 884] | Hedyotis puberula | K001110154 | 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