Lamiaceae
Vitex

Vitex parviflora A.Juss.

First published in Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 76 (1806)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & E. Malesia to Caroline Islands (Palau). It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a poison and a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Caroline Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi

Introduced into:

Colombia, Marianas, Panamá, Puerto Rico

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • de Kok, R. (2008). The genus Vitex (Labiatae) in the Flora Malesiana region, excluding New Guinea. Kew Bulletin 63: 17-40.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • 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.
  • GBIF (2008- continuously updated). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • de Kok, R. (2008). The genus Vitex (Labiatae) in the Flora Malesiana region, excluding New Guinea. Kew Bulletin 63: 17-40.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Jansen, P., Lemmens, R., Oyen, L., Siemonsma, J., Stavast, F. & Van Valkenburg, J. (1991) Plant Resources of South-East Asia. Basic list of species and commodity grouping. Final version. Pudoc, Wageningen.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2009 Madulid; Gaerlan [23726] Philippines K000705878 No
Jan 1, 2009 Fuentes; Rosa, de, la [38792] Philippines K000705879 No
Jan 1, 2007 McGregor, R.C. [1218] Philippines K000706611 Type No
Jan 1, 2007 Mangubat, L. [1361] Philippines K000706610 Type No
Jan 1, 2006 Gaerlan, Fernando,, Majaducon [19998] Philippines K000705880 No
Jan 1, 2004 s.coll. [s.n.] Timor-Leste K000270084 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Garcia; Fuentes; Romero [18432] Philippines K000270885 No
Jan 1, 2004 Tdm? [8941] Indonesia K000270070 No
Jan 1, 2004 Gaerlan; Fuentes; Romero [26293] Philippines K000270884 No
Jan 1, 2004 Reynoso; Sagcal; Fernando [21010] Philippines K000270883 No
Jan 1, 2004 Kooy, C.W. [956] Indonesia K000223190 No
Jan 1, 2004 Zippelius, A. [s.n.] Indonesia K000270076 No
Jan 1, 2004 Ridsdale, C.E. [1868] Philippines K000222793 No
Jan 1, 2003 Vidal, S. [3451] Philippines K000182592 No
Jan 1, 2003 Merrill, E.D. [2196] Philippines K000182605 No
Jan 1, 2003 Loher, A. [4428] Philippines K000182583 No
Jan 1, 2003 Loher, A. [4429] Philippines K000182584 No
Jan 1, 2003 Miranda, D.P. [18760] Philippines K000182909 No
Jan 1, 2003 unknown K000184548 No
Jan 1, 2003 Anonymous [s.n.] Indonesia K000698692 No
Jan 1, 2003 Cenabre, M. [31357] Philippines K000182923 No
Jan 1, 2003 Merrill, E.D. [340] Philippines K000182905 No
Jan 1, 2003 Garcia, H.G. [15105] Philippines K000182912 No
Jan 1, 2003 Loher, A. [6591] Philippines K000182903 No
Jan 1, 2003 Robinson, B. [11804] Philippines K000182612 No
Jan 1, 2003 Vidal, S. [488] Philippines K000182580 No
Jan 1, 2003 Elmer, A.D.E. [17286] Philippines K000182610 No
Jan 1, 2003 Vidal, S. [3444] Philippines K000182590 No
Jan 1, 2003 Vidal, S. [3493] Philippines K000182593 No
Jan 1, 2003 Elmer, A.D.E. [18089] Philippines K000182611 No
Jan 1, 2003 Reynoso; Sagcal; Garcia, H.G. [7517] Philippines K000182908 No
Jan 1, 2003 Edaño, G. [26811] Philippines K000182609 No
Jan 1, 2003 Cuming, H. [1365] Philippines K000182587 No
Jan 1, 2003 Cuming, H. [s.n.] Philippines K000182588 No
Jan 1, 2003 Gammill, J.A. [95] Philippines K000182600 No
Jan 1, 2003 Franco, F. [22845] Philippines K000182917 No
Jan 1, 2003 Madulid; Barbon [18531] Philippines K000182596 No
Jan 1, 2003 Borden, T.E. [2022] Philippines K000182589 No
Jan 1, 2003 Reillo, J. [16463] Philippines K000182922 No
Jan 1, 2003 Mendoza, D.R. [42425] Philippines K000182924 No
Jan 1, 2003 Adduru, M. [90] Philippines K000182914 No
Jan 1, 2003 Vidal, S. [849] Philippines K000182581 No
Jan 1, 2003 Vidal, S. [3447] Philippines K000182594 No
Jan 1, 2003 Cuming, H. [1365] Philippines K000182585 No
Jan 1, 2003 Cuming, H. [1144] Philippines K000182586 No
Jan 1, 2003 Merrill, E.D. [2084] Philippines K000182606 No
Jan 1, 2003 Vidal, S. [489] Philippines K000182591 No
Jan 1, 2003 Loher, A. [4427] Philippines K000182918 No
Jan 1, 2003 Wenzel, C.A. [2759] Philippines K000182913 No
Jan 1, 2003 Barbon; Garcia; Sagcal [6040] Philippines K000182907 No
Jan 1, 2003 Whitford, H.N. [886] Philippines K000182598 No
Jan 1, 2003 Merrill, E.D. [2448] Philippines K000182603 No
Jan 1, 2003 Elmer, A.D.E. [14218] Philippines K000182915 No
Jan 1, 2003 Loher, A. [4427] Philippines K000182902 No
Jan 1, 2003 Cuming, H. [1830] Philippines K000182604 No
Jan 1, 2003 Merrill, E.D. [2327] Philippines K000182607 No
Jan 1, 2003 Loher, A. [7289] Philippines K000182920 No
Jan 1, 2003 Elmer, A.D.E. [10995] Philippines K000182910 No
Jan 1, 2003 Ahern's collector [2158] Philippines K000182601 No
Jan 1, 2003 Romero, E.M.; Chavez, R.V. [29023] Philippines K000270882 No
Jan 1, 2003 Elmer, A.D.E. [11031] Philippines K000182911 No
Jan 1, 2003 Ponce, S.S. [22832] Philippines K000182608 No
Jan 1, 2003 Clark, W.W. [2526] Philippines K000182599 No
Jan 1, 2003 Vidal, S. [3449] Philippines K000182595 No
Jan 1, 2003 Gaerlan, F.J.M. [9984] Philippines K000182597 No
Jan 1, 2003 Elmer, A.D.E. [13440] Philippines K000182921 No
Jan 1, 2003 Loher, A. [4431] Philippines K000182906 No
Jan 1, 2003 Ahern, G.P. [389] Philippines K000182602 No
Jan 1, 2003 Cuming, H. [1144] Philippines K000182582 No
Jan 1, 2003 Ridsdale, C.E. [1507] Philippines K000182925 No
Jan 1, 2003 Stone, B.C. [6322] Philippines K000182926 No
Jan 1, 2003 Loher, A. [6592] Philippines K000182904 No
Jan 1, 2003 Loher, A. [4430] Philippines K000182919 No
Jan 1, 2003 Otanes, F. [17984] Philippines K000182916 No
Dec 1, 1956 Pleyte, D.R. [14] Indonesia K000699642 No
Judd, A.F. [s.n.] K000184048 Yes
St. John, H. [19831] K000182901 No
Mantor, A. [139339] Malaysia K000698691 No
Madulid, D.A. [7700] Philippines K000705884 No
Reynoso; Sagcal; Fuentes [17137] Philippines K000705886 No
Florence, J. [2820] French Polynesia K000184047 No
Reynoso; Fuentes; Majaducon [11728] Philippines K000705882 No
Reynoso; Fuentes; Rivers [14208] Philippines K000705883 No
Degener, O.; Degener, I. [30092] K000182900 Yes
Madulid, D.A. [11534] Philippines K000705885 No

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

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    • '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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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/
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