Scaevola

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Goodeniaceae
Subfamilia: Goodenioideae
Genus: Scaevola
Species: S. acacioides – S. aemula – S. albida – S. amblyanthera – S. anchusifolia – S. angulata – S. angustata – S. archeriana – S. argentea – S. auriculata – S. balansae – S. ballajupensis – S. basedowii – S. beckii – S. brookeana – S. browniana – S. bursariifolia – S. calendulacea – S. calliptera – S. canescens – S. × cerasifolia – S. chamissoniana – S. chanii – S. chrysopogon – S. coccinea – S. collina – S. coriacea – S. crassifolia – S. cuneiformis – S. cunninghamii – S. cylindrica – S. densifolia – S. depauperata – S. enantophylla – S. eneabba – S. filifolia – S. floribunda – S. gaudichaudiana – S. gaudichaudii – S. glabra – S. glabrata – S. glandulifera – S. globosa – S. globulifera – S. glutinosa – S. gracilis – S. graminea – S. hainanensis – S. hamiltonii – S. hobdyi – S. hookeri – S. humifusa – S. humilis – S. kallophyla – S. kilaueae – S. laciniata – S. lanceolata – S. linearis – S. lyratifolia – S. macrophylla – S. macrostachya – S. micrantha – S. microphylla – S. mollis – S. montana – S. muluensis – S. myrtifolia – S. nitida – S. nubigena – S. obovata – S. oldfieldii – S. oppositifolia – S. ovalifolia – S. oxyclona – S. paludosa – S. parvibarbata – S. parviflora – S. parvifolia – S. paulayi – S. phlebopetala – S. pilosa – S. platyphylla – S. plumieri – S. porocarya – S. porrecta – S. procera – S. pulchella – S. pulvinaris – S. ramosissima – S. repens – S. restiacea – S. revoluta – S. sericophylla – S. socotraensis – S. spicigera – S. spinescens – S. striata – S. subcapitata – S. taccada – S. tahitensis – S. tenuifolia – S. thesioides – S. tomentosa – S. tortuosa – S. verticillata – S. virgata – S. wrightii – S. xanthina

Name

Scaevola L., Mant. Pl. 2: 145–146. (1771) nom. cons

Type species: Scaevola plumieri (L.) Vahl Symb. Bot. 2: 36. 1791 Designated as syn. Scaevola lobelia L. (1774) nom. illeg., basonym Lobelia plumieri L. (1753)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Lobelia Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. (ed. 4) (1774) non Lobelia L. (1753)
- Cerbera Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 136. (1790) non Cerbera L., Sp. Pl. 1: 208. (1753) (Apocynaceae)
- Diaspasis R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 586. (1810)
- Pogonetes Lindl., Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2. 443 (1836)
- Crossotoma (G.Don) Spach, Histoire Naturelle des Vegetaux. Phanerogames 9. (1838)
- Pogonanthera (G.Don) Spach, Histoire Naturelle des Vegetaux. Phanerogames 9. (1838)
- Xerocarpa (G.Don) Spach, Histoire Naturelle des Vegetaux. Phanerogames 9. (1838)
- Baudinia Lesch. ex DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 7(2): 511 (1839), nom. inval.
- Camphusia de Vriese, Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 2: 148. (1850)
- Temminckia de Vriese, Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief 2. (1850)
- Merkusia de Vriese, Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 2 1: 150. (1851)
- Molkenboeria de Vriese, in Verh. Haarl. 10: 38. (1854)
- Nigromnia Carolin, Nuytsia 1(4): 292. (1974)
- Roemeria Medik. in Kiger, R.W., Papaveraceae. Flora of Australia 2 386-400. (2007)

Note: Most of the some 130 species described are still unresolved as whether they are accepted or synonyms, therefore the above list is likely to change in due course. The species outside Australia and the Pacific Islands are not as well studied as those within these distribution areas.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical coasts
- Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Galápagos, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Kermadec Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Line Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marcus I., Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Texas, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turks-Caicos Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Vietnam, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia
- Extinct in:
  - Norfolk Is.
- Introduced into:
  - Belize, Windward Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum Altera. Generum Editionis VI et Specierum Editionis II. Holmiae [Stockholm]. pp. [6] + 143–587, Appendix. BHL Reference page. : 2: 145–146.

Additional references

Howarth, D.G., Gustafsson, M.H.G., Baum, D.A. & Motley, T.J. 2003. Phylogenetics of the genus Scaevola (Goodeniaceae): implication for dispersal patterns across the Pacific Basin and colonization of the Hawaiian Islands, American Journal of Botany, 90(6): 915–923. Available on line [1]. Accessed 2014 Oct. 12.
Howarth, D.G. & Baum, D.A. 2005. Genealogical evidence of homoploid hybrid speciation in an adaptive radiation of Scaevola (Goodeniaceae) in the Hawaiian Islands, Evolution 59.5: 948–961. Available on line [2]. Accessed 2014 Oct. 12.
Atlas of Living Australia website at [3]. Accessed 2014 Oct. 13.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Scaevola in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Scaevola. Published online. Accessed: Sep 16 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Scaevola. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Sep 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Scaevola. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 16. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Fächerblumen
English: Fan Flower, Naupaka
suomi: Siniviuhkat
日本語: クサトベラ属
русский: Сцевола
lea faka-Tonga: Ngahu

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