Ochna pumila

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: Ochnaceae
Subfamilia: Ochnoideae
Tribus: Ochneae
Subtribus: Ochninae
Genus: Ochna
Species: Ochna pumila

Name

Ochna pumila Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 224. 1825.

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Diporidium pumilum (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 105. 1891.
  • Polythecium pumilum (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 8, 16(3–6): 373. 1902.
  • Ochna obtusata var. pumila (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kanis, Blumea 16: 34(–35). 1968.
  • Ochna obtusata subsp. pumila (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Panigrahi & Murti, Fl. Bilaspur District 1: 156. 1989.

• Heterotypic
  • Ochna nana Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List n. 3761. 1831, nom. nud.
  • Ochna humilis Wall., Numer. List n. 3762. 1831, nom. nud. – non Ochna humilis (A.St.-Hil.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 106. 1891. – nec Ochna humilis Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30(3–4): 354, figs. G–K. 1901.
  • Ochna nana Buch.-Ham. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 152. 1834. – non Ochna nana (A.St.-Hil.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 106. 1891.
  • Ochna collina Edgew., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20(1): 43. 1846.
  • Polythecium pedunculatum Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 8, 16(3–6): 373. 1902.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, West Himalaya (?). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Primary references

• Don, D. 1825. Prodromus Florae Nepalensis, sive enumeratio vegetabilium, quae in itinere per Nepaliam proprie dictam et regiones conterminas, ann. 1802–1803. Detexit atque legit D. D. Franciscus Hamilton, (olim Buchanan) M.D. ... Accedunt plantae a D. Wallich nuperius missae. Secundum methodi naturalis normam disposuit atque descripsit David Don, ... XII+256 pp. J. Gale, Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. 
• Edgeworth, M.P. 1846. Descriptions of some unpublished species of plants from north-western India. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 20: 23–91. BHL Reference page. 
• Kanis, A. 1968. A revision of the Ochnaceae of the Indo-Pacific area. Blumea 16: 1–82. PDF 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. 
• Tieghem, P. van. 1902. Sur les Ochnacées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, série 8, 16: 161–416. BHL Reference page. 
• Wallich, N. 1828–1849. A Numerical List of Dried Specimens of plants in the Museum of the Honl. East India Company, which have been supplied by Dr. Wallich, superintendent of the botanic garden at Calcutta. London. BHL Reference page. 
• Wight, R. & Walker-Arnott, G.A. 1834. Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis: containing abridged descriptions of the plants found in the peninsula of British India, arranged according to the natural system. Vol. I. XXXVII+480 pp. Parbury, Allen, & Co., London. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Planchon, J.E. 1846. Sur le genre Godoya et ses analogues, avec des observations sur les limites des Ochnacées, et un revue des genres et espèces de ce groupe. (To be continued.) London Journal of Botany 5: 584–600, 644–656. BHL BHL Reference page.  – p. 652
• Safui, B. & Nayar, M.P. 1997. Ochnaceae. Pp. 424–430 in Hajra, P.K., Nair, V.J. & Daniel, P. (eds.), Flora of India, Vol. 4, Malpighiaceae–Dichapetalaceae. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta. Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Ochna pumila. Published online. Accessed: 13 October 2017.

• Tropicos.org 2017. Ochna pumila. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 October 2017.

Note:

The name Ochna pumila has also been applied to Ochna integerrima.