Neonauclea forsteri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Naucleeae
Genus: Neonauclea
Species: Neonauclea forsteri

Name

Neonauclea forsteri (Seem. ex Havil.) Merr., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5(no. 15): 540 (1915)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Nauclea forsteri Seem. [Fl. Vit.: 121 (1866), nom. nud.] ex Havil., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 33: 56 (1897)
    • Typus: J.R. Forster & G. Forster s.n. (Lectotypus: K [ designated by Ridsdale 1970: 263]; Isolectotypus: BM {BM000797222^(JSTOR), BM000797223^(JSTOR)}).
    • Type locality: [French Polynesia.] Society Islands.
• Homotypic
  • Bancalus forsteri (Seem. ex Havil.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 277 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Neonauclea vitiensis Gillespie, Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 74: 28 (1930); not accepted by Ridsdale (1970: 263; 1989: 254) [cited as Neonauclea forsteri]
    • Typus: J.W. Gillespie 4188 (4 December 1927; Holotypus: BISH1004495 (577940)^(JSTOR); ⧼isotypi⧽: BISH {BISH1004494 (577942)^(JSTOR), BISH1004496 (577941)^(JSTOR}, NY [​NY00162884^(JSTOR)]).
    • Type locality: Fiji. Viti Levu, Mba Province: Nandarivatu, the canyon of the Mata ni Wasi[Waikumbukumbu Creek tributary?] northeast of the Government Station.
  • Neonauclea cardiophylla Merr. & L.M.Perry, J. Arnold Arbor. 25: 189 (1944); not accepted by Ridsdale (1970: 263; 1989: 254) [cited as Neonauclea forsteri]
    • Typus: J.H.L. Waterhouse 25 (April 1932; Holotypus: A 00061077^(JSTOR)).
    • Type locality: Solomon Islands[Papua New Guinea]. Bougainville.

Misapplied names

• Nauclea orientalis auct. non (L.) L.: G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr.: 15 (1786)
• Nauclea rotundifolia auct. non Bartl. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 346 (1830), nom. illeg. [= Uncaria sp.], non Roxb. (1824) [≡ Mitragyna rotundifolia (Roxb.) Kuntze]: Hook. & Arn., Bot. Beechey Voy.: 64 (1832); Guill., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 2, 7: 250 (1837)
  • Note: vide Haviland (1897: 56), Ridsdale (1970: 263; 1989: 254), Smith (1988: 161–162).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Is. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is. Regional: South-Central Pacific Society Is., Tubuai Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Haviland, G.D. 1897. A Revision of the Tribe Naucleeae. Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 33(228): 1–94. BHL Reference page. 
• Merrill, E.D. (Communicated by William R. Maxon) 1915. On the application of the generic name Nauclea of Linnaeus. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5(15): 530–542. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Forster, G. 1786. Florulae insularum australium prodromus. 8+103 pp. Typis Joann. Christian. Dieterich, Gottingae [Göttingen]. BHL Hathitrust Reference page. 
• Guillemin, J.B.A. 1837. Zephyritis Taitensis. — Énumération des plantes découvertes par les voyageurs dans les Iles de la Sociétè, principalement dans celle de Taiti. Annales des Sciences Naturelle, Série Botanique. Seconde Série, 7: 241–255. BHL Reference page. 
• Hooker, W.J. & Arnott, G.A.W. 1830–1841. The Botany of Captain Beechey's Voyage. [10 parts: 1, pp. 1–48 (1830); 2, pp. 49–96 (1832); 3, pp. 97–144 (1832); 4, pp. 145–192 (1833); 5, pp. 193–240 (1837); 6, pp. 241–288 (1838); 7, pp. 289–336 (1838); 8, pp. 337–384 (1839); 9, pp. 385–432 (1840); 10, pp. 433–485 (1841)], London, H. G. Bohn. BHL Reference page. 
• Seemann, B.C. 1865–1873. Flora Vitiensis :a description of the plants of the Viti or Fiji islands, with an account of their history, uses, and properties. Vol. 1, xxxiii + 365 pp., Vol. 2. p. 366–453 + plates L. Reeve, London. BHL, BHL Reference page. 
• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars I. Pp. I–CLV, 1–374. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.] BHL Reference page. 
• Gillespie, J.W. 1930. New plants from Fiji–I. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 74: 1–99. Reference page. 
• Merrill, E.D. & Perry, L.M. 1944. Plantae Papuanae Archboldianae, XIV. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 25(2): 183–205. BHL Reference page. 
• Ridsdale, C.E. 1970. The Arborescent Naucleae of New Guinea and Solomon Islands (Rubiaceae). Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 25(2): 247–281. BHL Reference page. 
• Smith, A.C. 1988. Flora Vitiensis Nova: A New Flora of Fiji (Spermatophytes Only). Vol. 4. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai, Kauai, Hawaii. BHL Reference page. 
• Ridsdale, C.E. 1989. A revision of Neonauclea (Rubiaceae). Blumea 34(1): 177–275. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Neonauclea forsteri in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 February 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Neonauclea forsteri. Published online. Accessed: 28 February 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Neonauclea forsteri. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 February 2022.

Vernacular names

Na Vosa Vakaviti: Mbo (Smith 1988)