Rubiaceae
Leptopetalum

Leptopetalum biflorum (L.) Neupane & N.Wikstr.

First published in Taxon 64: 317 (2015)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to W. Pacific. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bangladesh, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Introduced into:

Cook Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
  • 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.
  • Puff, C., Chayamarit, K., Chamchumroon, V. & Esser, H.-J. (2021). Flora of Thailand 15(1): 1-235. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2022). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Chou, S., Chhnang, P. & Kim, Y. (2016). A Checklist for the Seed Plants of Cambodia: 1-272. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea.
  • Fosberg, F.R. & Sachet, M.-H. (1987). Flora of the Gilbert Island, Kiribati, Checklist. Atoll Research Bulletin 295: 1-33.
  • Fosberg, F.R. (1957). The Maldive islands, Indian Ocean. Atoll Research Bulletin 58: 1-37.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajastan: 1-769. Rajastan state biodiversity board.
  • Middleton, J.D. (ed.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 13: 1-654. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • 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.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Smith, A.C. (1988). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 4: 1-377. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • 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?
s.coll. [Cat. no. 868] Hedyotis burmanniana K001110111 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 868] Hedyotis burmanniana K001110112 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 868] Hedyotis burmanniana K001110107 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 868], India Hedyotis burmanniana K001110108 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 868], Sri Lanka Hedyotis burmanniana K001110106 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 868], India Hedyotis burmanniana K001110109 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 868], India Hedyotis burmanniana K001110104 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 868], Myanmar Hedyotis burmanniana K001110105 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 868], India Hedyotis burmanniana K001110110 Yes
Jul 25, 2005 Lee, B. [S 41874], Sarawak Oldenlandia biflora K000173131 No
Milne [400], Wallis & Futuna Oldenlandia biflora K000760493 Yes
[Janschaurensi] [s.n.], India Oldenlandia biflora K000771371 Yes
Beechey [s.n.], Japan Oldenlandia biflora K000760560 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], India Oldenlandia biflora K000771370 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], India Oldenlandia biflora K000771372 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 879] Hedyotis biflora K001110147 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 883] Hedyotis biflora K001110153 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6204] Hedyotis dichotoma K001123286 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6204] Hedyotis dichotoma K001123285 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6204] Hedyotis dichotoma K001123287 Yes

Sources

  • 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 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 2023. 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