Ochrosia

Ochrosia
Ochrosia borbonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Rauvolfioideae
Tribe: Vinceae
Genus: Ochrosia
Juss.[1][2][3][4]
Synonyms[5]
  • Calpicarpum G.Don
  • Lactaria Rumph. ex Raf.
  • Neisosperma Raf.
  • Diderota Comm. ex A.DC.
  • Pseudochrosia Blume
  • Bleekeria Hassk. 1859 not Hassk. 1855
  • Ochrosion St.-Lag.
  • Excavatia Markgr.

Ochrosia is a flowering plant genus of flowering plants, first described as a genus in 1789. It is in the milkweed family Apocynaceae,[1][2][3][4] native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[5][6]

Species[5]
  1. Ochrosia ackeringae (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq. – Indonesia, Philippines, Papuasia, Christmas Island
  2. Ochrosia acuminata Trimen ex Valeton - Sulawesi
  3. Ochrosia alyxioides Guillaumin - Vanuatu
  4. Ochrosia apoensis Elmer - Luzon, Mindanao
  5. Ochrosia balansae (Guillaumin) Baill. ex Guillaumin - New Caledonia
  6. Ochrosia basistamina Hendrian - Sulawesi
  7. Ochrosia bodenheimarum Guillaumin - Vallée de la Toutouta in New Caledonia
  8. Ochrosia borbonica J.F.Gmel.Mauritius + Réunion; naturalized in Guangdong
  9. Ochrosia brevituba Boiteau - New Caledonia
  10. Ochrosia brownii (Fosberg & Sachet) Lorence & Butaud - Nuku Hiva in Marquesas
  11. Ochrosia citrodora K.Schum. & Lauterb. - New Guinea
  12. Ochrosia coccinea (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq. - Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands; naturalized in Guangdong
  13. Ochrosia compta K.Schum., Hōlei – Hawaii (Maui, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi)[7]
  14. Ochrosia elliptica Labill.Lord Howe Island, Queensland, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Nauru; naturalized in Guangdong + Taiwan
  15. Ochrosia fatuhivensis Fosberg & Sachet – Fatu Hiva in Marquesas but extinct[8]
  16. Ochrosia ficifolia (S.Moore) Markgr. - New Guinea
  17. Ochrosia glomerata (Blume) F.Muell. - Borneo, Sulawesi, Philippines, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  18. Ochrosia grandiflora Boit.New Caledonia
  19. Ochrosia haleakalae H.St.John, Hōlei – Maui + island of Hawaiʻi (so-called Big Island) in Hawaiian Islands
  20. Ochrosia hexandra Koidz. - Kazan-retto ( = Volcano Islands of Japan)
  21. Ochrosia inventorum L.AllorgeNew Caledonia
  22. Ochrosia iwasakiana (Koidz.) Koidz. ex Masam. ( = Ryukyu Islands of Japan)
  23. Ochrosia kauaiensis H.St.John, HōleiKauaʻi in Hawaiian Islands
  24. Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John, Hōlei – island of Hawaiʻi (so-called Big Island) in Hawaiian Islands; probably extinct
  25. Ochrosia kilneri F.Muell. - Queensland
  26. Ochrosia lifuana Guillaumin - Loyalty Islands + Isle of Pines in New Caledonia
  27. Ochrosia mariannensis A.DC. - Mariana Islands
  28. Ochrosia miana Baill. ex GuillauminNew Caledonia
  29. Ochrosia minima (Markgr.) Fosberg & Boiteau – Queensland, Papua New Guinea
  30. Ochrosia moorei (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. – Queensland, New South Wales
  31. Ochrosia mulsantii Montrouz.New Caledonia
  32. Ochrosia nakaiana (Koidz.) Koidz. ex H.Hara - Ogasawara-shoto ( = Bonin Islands of Japan)
  33. Ochrosia newelliana F.M.Bailey – Queensland
  34. Ochrosia novocaledonica DänikerNew Caledonia
  35. Ochrosia oppositifolia (Lam.) K.Schum. - Seychelles, Chagos Islands, Sri Lanka, Maldive Islands, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, W Malaysia, Indonesia, Papuasia, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia, Line Islands, Micronesia
  36. Ochrosia poweri F.M.Bailey - Queensland, New South Wales
  37. Ochrosia sciadophylla Markgr - Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands
  38. Ochrosia sevenetii Boiteau - New Guinea
  39. Ochrosia silvatica DänikerNew Caledonia
  40. Ochrosia solomonensis (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Fosberg & Boiteau - Solomon Islands
  41. Ochrosia syncarpa Markgr. - Bali, Lombok, Timor, Flores
  42. Ochrosia tahitensis Laness. ex Pichon – Tahiti but extinct
  43. Ochrosia tenimberensis Markgr. - Tanimbar Islands
formerly included
  1. Ochrosia nukuhivensis Fosberg & Sachet = †Rauvolfia nukuhivensis (Fosberg & Sachet) Lorence & Butaud
  2. Ochrosia sandwicensis A.DC. = Rauvolfia sandwicensis A.DC.
  3. Ochrosia tuberculata (Vahl) Pichon = Rauvolfia sandwicensis A.DC.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de (1789). Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita, juxta methodum in Horto Regio Parisiensi exaratum, anno M.DCC.LXXIV. Parisiis: Apud Viduam Herissant et Theophilum Barrois. pp. 144–5. Retrieved 3 Nov 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Mueller, Ferdinand von (July 1871). Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ (Digitised archive copy, online, from biodiversitylibrary.org) 7 (56): 129–131 http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/761117. Retrieved 3 Nov 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help); |chapter= ignored (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Hendrian (May 2004). "Revision of Ochrosia (Apocynaceae) in Malesia". Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants 49 (1): 101–128. Retrieved 3 Nov 2013.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Ochrosia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-03-14. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 163 玫瑰树属 mei gui shu shu Ochrosia Jussieu, Gen. Pl. 144. 1789.
  7. "Ochrosia compta". Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Database. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
  8. Florence, J. 1998. Ochrosia fatuhivensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.

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