Homalium acuminatum

Homalium acuminatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Salicaceae
Tribus: Homalieae
Genus: Homalium
Species: Homalium acuminatum

Name

Homalium acuminatum Cheeseman, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 6(6): 280 (1903)

• Type: not designated; Applequist (2013: 24) states holotype is in AK, but actual things deposited there are syntypes {11 sheets: AK24967^(JSTOR), AK46042^(JSTOR), AK227082^(JSTOR), AK227083^(JSTOR), AK227084^(JSTOR), AK227085^(JSTOR), AK227086^(JSTOR), AK227087^(JSTOR), AK227088^(JSTOR), AK227089^(JSTOR), AK227090^(JSTOR)} [all collected by T.F. Cheeseman in 16 May – July 1899]; isotype BISH [​BISH1001824^(JSTOR)].
• Type locality: Cook Islands. Rarotonga.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Pacific South-Central Pacific Cook Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Cheeseman, T.F. 1903. The Flora of Rarotonga, the chief Island of the Cook Group. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series. Botany 6(6): 261–313. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Applequist, W.L. 2013. A nomenclator for Homalium (Salicaceae). Skvortsovia 1(1): 12–74. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Homalium acuminatum Cheeseman (Least Concern) - Assessed by P. de Lange, T. Martin & G. McCormack on 29 March 2011 and published in 2014.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Homalium acuminatum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 6. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Homalium acuminatum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Homalium acuminatum. Published online. Accessed: 6 May 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Rarotonga Homalium
Kūki'Āirani: Mato