Nyctaginaceae

BOERHAVIA L.

  1. Boerhavia acutifolia (Choisy) J.W.Moore, Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 10(19): 6 (1934); Sun et al., Plants 13 (2024); POWO (2026). = South Malesia to Pacific. = JAVA, NUSA TENGGARA. = Boerhavia diffusa var. acutifolia Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 453 (1849). – Boerhavia diffusa f. acutifolia (Choisy) Domin in Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 92 (1926).
  2. Boerhavia angustifolia L., Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 52 (1767); Sun et al., Plants 13 (2024); POWO (2026). = Endemic to Java. = JAVA.
  3. Boerhavia diffusa L., Sp. PI. (1753) 3; Stemmerik, Fl. Malesiana ser 1. 6, 3 (1964) 454. – Boerhavia repens L., Sp. PI. (1753) 3. – Boerhavia diandra L., Sp. PI. 2 (1753) 1149. – Boerhavia erecta (non L.) Burm.f. FI. Ind. (1768) t. 1, f. 2, excl. descr. – Boerhavia hirsuta L., Mant. PI. (1771) 170. – Boerhavia tetrandra Forst. Prod. (1786) 2. – Boerhavia glutinosa VAHL, En. PI. 1 (1804) 287. – Boerhavia pubescens R.Br. Prod. (1810) 422. – Boerhavia mutabilis R. Br. l.c. 422. – Boerhavia procumbens Banks ex Roxb. – Boerhavia Fl. Ind. 1 (1820) 148, nom. illeg.; Hassk. PI. Javan. Rar. (1848) 225. – Boerhavia glabrata Blume Bijdr. 14 (1826) 733. – Boerhavia acutifolia S.Moore, Occ. Pap. Bish. Mus. 10, n. 19 (1934) 6. Throughout the tropics. SUMATRA, JAVA, KALIMANTAN, SULAWESI, NUSA TENGGARA, MALUKU, PAPUA. Photos
  4. Boerhavia erecta L., Sp. PI. (1753) 3; Stemmerik, Fl. Malesiana ser 1. 6, 3 (1964) 454. Pantropics. SUMATRA, JAVA, NUSA TENGGARA, PAPUA.
  5. Boerhavia glabrata Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 733 (1826); Sun et al., Plants 13 (2024); POWO (2026). = Tropical Asia and Pacific. = JAVA.
  6. Boerhavia repens L., Sp. Pl.: 3 (1753); Sun et al., Plants 13 (2024); POWO (2026). = Tropical Old World. = Boerhavia diffusa var. eurepens Domin in Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 91 (1926), not validly publ. – Boerhavia angustifolia Span. in Linnaea 15: 342 (1841). – Boerhavia ascendens Schumach. in Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 17 (1827). – Boerhavia bicolor Ehrenb. ex Schweinf. in Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 168 (1867). – Boerhavia cortensis Ehrenb. ex Schweinf. in Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 168 (1867). – Boerhavia diffusa var. gymnocarpa Heimerl in unknown publication. – Boerhavia diffusa var. minor (Delile) Cufod. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XXI (1969). – Boerhavia diffusa var. pseudotetrandra Heimerl in unknown publication. – Boerhavia diffusa var. sandwicensis Heimerl in unknown publication. – Boerhavia diffusa var. vulvariifolia (Poir.) Heimerl in Beitr. Syst. Nyctag.: 26 (1897). – Boerhavia eglandulosa Ehrenb. ex Schweinf. in Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 169 (1867). – Boerhavia hirsuta Willd. in Phytoraphia: 1 (1794), nom. illeg. homonym. post. – Boerhavia insularis Bojer in Hortus Maurit.: 264 (1837), not validly publ. – Boerhavia insularis Bojer in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 18: 188 (1842). – Boerhavia maroccana Ball in J. Bot. 13: 176 (1875). – Boerhavia minutiflora Span. in Linnaea 15: 342 (1841). – Boerhavia periplocifolia Sieber ex Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 453 (1849). – Boerhavia pubescens R.Br. in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 422 (1810). – Boerhavia repens var. amphilahensis A.Terracc. in Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 5: 101 (1894). – Boerhavia repens var. glabra Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 453 (1849). – Boerhavia repens var. maris-indici Fosberg in Kew Bull. 33: 398 (1979). – Boerhavia repens var. minor Delile in Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): 1, t. 3 (1813). – Boerhavia repens var. pubescens (R.Br.) Fosberg in Kew Bull. 39: 610 (1978). – Boerhavia repens var. viscosa Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 453 (1849). – Boerhavia rupestris Ehrenb. ex Schweinf. in Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 169 (1867). – Boerhavia sessiliflora Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 213 (1840). – Boerhavia suberosa C.Sm. in J.H.Tuckey, Narr. Exped. Zaire: 249 (1818). – Boerhavia sumata Zipp. ex Span. in Linnaea 15: 342 (1841). – Boerhavia surinamensis Miq. in Linnaea 18: 244 (1844). – Boerhavia tomentosa Ehrenb. ex Schweinf. in Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 168 (1867). – Boerhavia undulata Ehrenb. ex Schweinf. in Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 168 (1867). – Boerhavia viscosa Fresen. in Mus. Senckenberg. 1: 75 (1833), nom. illeg. homonym. post. – Boerhavia vulvariifolia Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 55 (1804). – Dantia nubica Lippert ex Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 453 (1849).

 

CEODES J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

  1. Ceodes cauliflora (Scheff.) E.F.S.Rossetto & Caraballo, PhytoKeys 152: 129 (2020). – Pisonia cauliflora Scheff. Nat. Tijd. N.I. 32 (1873) 417; Stemmerik, Fl. Malesiana ser 1. 6, 3 (1964) 462. – Pisonia major Baill. Adansonia 10 (1872) 185. – Calpidia cauliflora Heimerl, Oest. Bot. Z. 63 (1913) 283. Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, New Guinea, Mariana, and Solomon Islands. NUSA TENGGARA, MALUKU, PAPUA.
  2. Ceodes corniculata (Barg.-Petr.) Merr. & L.M.Perry, J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 327 (1939); Sun et al., Plants 13 (2024); POWO (2026). = Maluku to New Guinea. = MALUKU, PAPUA. = Calpidia corniculata (Barg.-Petr.) Heimerl in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 63: 283 (1913). – Pisonia corniculata Barg.-Petr. in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 8: 615 (1901).
  3. Ceodes diandra (Pulle) E.F.S.Rossetto & Caraballo, PhytoKeys 152: 129 (2020). – Pisonia diandra Pulle, Nova Guinea 8 (1912) 629; Stemmerik, Fl. Malesiana ser 1. 6, 3 (1964) 463. – Pisonia micrantha Valeton, Bot. Jahrb. 52 (1915) 102. Endemic to New Guinea. PAPUA.
  4. Ceodes longirostris (Teijsm. & Binn.) Merr. & L.M.Perry, J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 328 (1939); Sun et al., Plants 13 (2024); POWO (2026). = Wallacea to Solomon Islands. = NUSA TENGGARA, MALUKU, PAPUA. = Calpidia longirostris (Teijsm. & Binn.) Heimerl in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 63: 286 (1913). – Pisonia longirostris Teijsm. & Binn. in Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 25: 40 (1863). – Calpidia grandifolia (Warb.) Heimerl in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 63: 286 (1913). – Calpidia lauterbachii (Warb. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb.) Heimerl in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 63: 286 (1913). – Calpidia rostrata (Warb.) Heimerl in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 63: 288 (1913). – Calpidia spathiphylla (K.Schum.) Heimerl in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 63: 288 (1913). – Calpidia triandra (Barg.-Petr.) Heimerl in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 63: 289 (1913). – Ceodes urocarpa Merr. & L.M.Perry in J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 329 (1939). – Pisonia beccariana Barg.-Petr. in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 8: 612 (1901). – Pisonia grandifolia Warb. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 13: 303 (1891). – Pisonia lauterbachii Warb. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb. in Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 307 (1900). – Pisonia membranacea K.Schum. in K.M.Schumann & U.M.Hollrung, Fl. Kais. Wilh. Land: 43 (1889). – Pisonia rostrata Warb. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 12: 304 (1890). – Pisonia spathiphylla K.Schum. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach, Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 308 (1900). – Pisonia triandra Barg.-Petr. in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 8: 610 (1901).
  5. Ceodes muelleriana (Warb.) E.F.S.Rossetto & Caraballo, PhytoKeys 152: 131 (2020). – Pisonia muelleriana Warb. Bot. Jahrb. 13 (1891) 304, ex descr.; Stemmerik, Fl. Malesiana ser 1. 6, 3 (1964) 462. – Calpidia mülleriana (Warb.) Heimerl, Oest. Bot. Z. 63 (1913) 287. – Calpidia cuspidata Heimerl, I.e. 284. – Ceodes corniculata (non Barg.-Petr.) Merr. & Perry, J. Arn. Arb. 20 (1939) 327, quoad specim. New Guinea and Solomon Islands. PAPUA.
  6. Ceodes umbellifera J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2.: 142 (1776); Sun et al., Plants 13 (2024); POWO (2026). = Tropical Asia to the Pacific Ocean. = Pisonia umbellata Seem. in Bonplandia (Hannover) 10: 154 (1862), nom. illeg. superfl. – Pisonia umbellifera (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Seem. in Fl. Vit.: 195 (1866). – Cedrota guianensis Blanco in Fl. Filip., ed. 2.: 213 (1845). – Labordia fauriei H.Lév. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 157 (1911). – Bougainvillea racemosa Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 307 (1837). – Calpidia excelsa (Blume) Heimerl in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 63: 284 (1913). – Calpidia nishimurae (Koidz.) Rehder & E.H.Wilson in J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 117 (1919). – Calpidia pancheriana Heimerl in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 63: 287 (1913). – Ceodes excelsa (Blume) Skottsb. in Acta Horti Gothob. 2: 231 (1926). – Ceodes umbellifera var. acuminata (Heimerl) J.W.Parham in Pl. Fiji Isl.: 107 (1964). – Ceodes umbellifera f. acuminata Heimerl in Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 13(4): 41 (1937). – Pisonia aruensis Barg.-Petr. in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 8: 618 (1901). – Pisonia excelsa Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 735 (1826). – Pisonia gammillii Merr. in Philipp. J. Sci., C 5: 175 (1910). – Pisonia macrocarpa C.Presl in Symb. Bot. (Pragae) 2: 8 (1834). – Pisonia mooriana F.Muell. in Fragm. 1: 20 (1858). – Pisonia nishimurae Koidz. in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 120 (1919). – Pisonia viscosa Seem. in Bonplandia (Hannover) 9: 258 (1861), nom. nud.

 

COMMICARPUS Standl.

  1. Commicarpus chinensis (L.) Heimerl, in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2. 16c: 117 (1934); Sun et al., Plants 13 (2024); POWO (2026). = SE Africa to tropical Asia. = JAVA, NUSA TENGGARA, MALUKU. = Valeriana chinensis L. in Sp. Pl.: 33 (1753). – Boerhavia chinensis (L.) Rottb. in Pl. Hort. Univ. Rar. Prog.: 4 (1773). = ≡ subsp. chinensis = Tropical Asia. = JAVA, NUSA TENGGARA, MALUKU. = Boerhavia bastica Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 6769 (1832), nom. nud. – Boerhavia repanda Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 22 (1797). – Boerhavia umbellata Wight ex Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 4: 709 (1885), pro syn. – Commicarpus repandus (Willd.) Standl. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 101 (1916).

 

PISONIA Plum.

  1. Pisonia aculeata L., Sp. PI. (1753) 102; Stemmerik, Fl. Malesiana ser 1. 6, 3 (1964) 467. – Pisonia mitis Linne, Sp. PI. 2 (1753) 1026. – Pisonia limonella Blume Bijdr. 14 (1826) 735. – Pisonia villosa Poir. in Lamk, Enc. Meth. Bot. 5 (1804) 347. – Pisonia anisophylla Hassk. Hort. Bog. Descr. 1 (1858) 85. Many regions throughout the tropics. SUMATRA, JAVA, SULAWESI, NUSA TENGGARA, PAPUA. Photos
  2. Pisonia grandis R.Br. Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. (1810) 422; Stemmerik, Fl. Malesiana ser 1. 6, 3 (1964) 464. – Olus album insulare Rumph. Herb. Amb. 1 (1741) 193, t. 79, f. 1. – Olus album Rumph. 191, t. 78. – Cordia olitoria Blanco, Fl. Filip. (1837) 123. – Pisonia procera Bertero ex Guill. Zephyr. Taitensis (1837) 39. – Pisonia alba Span, Linnaea 15 (1841) 342. – Pisonia macrophylla (Bojer) Choisy in DC. Prod. 13, 2 (1849) 446. – Pisonia morindifolia R. Br. ex Wight, Ic. (1852) t. 1765. – Pisonia sylvestris Teysm. & Binn. Nat. Tijd. N.I. 9 (1855) 355. – Pisonia inermis (non Jacq.) Forst. ex Seem. J. Bot. I (1863) 245. – Pisonia excelsa (non Bl.) Corner, Wayside Trees (1940) 511. Tropical Old World. JAVA, KALIMANTAN, SULAWESI, NUSA TENGGARA, MALUKU, PAPUA. Photos

 

INTRODUCED

BOUGAINVILLEA Comm. ex Juss.

  1. Bougainvillea glabra Choisy in DC. Prod. 13, 2 (1949) 437; Stemmerik, Fl. Malesiana ser 1. 6, 3 (1964) 457. – Bougainvillea spectabilis var. glabra (Choisy) Hook. Curt. Bot. Mag. (1854) t. 4811. Native of Brazil. Introduced to Indonesia. Photos
  2. Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd. Sp. PI. 2 (1799) 348; Stemmerik, Fl. Malesiana ser 1. 6, 3 (1964) 457. Native of Peru. Introduced to Indonesia. Photos

 

MIRABILIS L.

  1. Mirabilis jalapa L., Sp. PI. (1753) 177; Stemmerik, Fl. Malesiana ser 1. 6, 3 (1964) 451. – Mirabilis Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5 (1747) 253, t. 89. – Mirabilis longiflora (non L.) Blanco, FI. Filip. (1837) 77. Native of Peru. Introduced to Indonesia. Photos

 

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