Rubiaceae

Morinda L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 176 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Florida, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Australia, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Chagos Archipelago, Comoros, Cook Is., El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Gilbert Is., Hawaii, Leeward Is., Line Is., Marcus I., Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Society Is., Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turks-Caicos Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Venezuelan Antilles, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 3: 191.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 81 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl.: 176 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 81 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 176 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 14, 2016 Poilane [4851] Vietnam K001273015 No
Nov 14, 2016 Poilane [3119] Vietnam K001273016 No
May 25, 2012 Hasbi, H. [s.94137] Malaysia K000771384 No
May 1, 2011 de Carvalho, F.A.; do Nascimento, R. [1091] Brazil K000174861 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Amin, A. [127056] Malaysia K000174570 No
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [1126] Cameroon K001519597 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8425] India K001125487 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8422] Nepal K001125483 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8424] India K001125486 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000763787 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8430] India K001125494 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mauritius K:SPC-70000.317 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8429] K001125492 Unknown Type Material Yes
Horsfield, T. [s.n.] Indonesia K000763785 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; Malcolm-Tompkins, P.; Zappi, D.C. [1976] Dominican Republic K000478748 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8423] K001125485 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis, A.P.; Rakotonasolo, F. [2151] Madagascar K:SPC-63718.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8436] Burma K001125510 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jacobs, M. [5423] Malaysia K:SPC-31294.000 No
Gentle, P.H. [6719] Belize K000432672 Isotype Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8426] K001125489 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kanehira, R. [1527] Micronesia, Federated States of K000763741 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [8435] India K000031582 Type Yes
Bruce, H. [Cat. no. 8428] K001125491 Unknown Type Material Yes
Comanor, P.L. [1011] Sri Lanka K000265588 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8427] K001125490 Unknown Type Material Yes
Horsfield, T. [779] Indonesia K000763786 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8434] Burma K001125507 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8422] Nepal K001125482 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8423] K001125484 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis, A.P.; et al. [2257] Madagascar K:SPC-61820.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8430] India K001125495 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8430] India K001125493 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8425] India K001125488 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0