Adina pilulifera

Illustration of Adina globiflora in Salisbury (1808)

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Naucleeae
Genus: Adina
Species: Adina pilulifera

Name

Adina pilulifera (Lam.) Franch. ex Drake, J. Bot. (Morot) 9(11): 207 (1895)

Synonyms

(List may be incomplete)

• Basionym
  • Cephalanthus pilulifer Lam., Encycl. 1: 678 (1785); as Cephalanthus pilulifera
    • Typus: Sonnerat s.n. (P-LA) fide Ridsdale (1978: 357).
• Heterotypic
  • Adina globiflora Salisb., Parad. Lond. 2: t. 115 (1808); not accepted by Drake del Castillo (1895: 207), Ridsdale (1978: 357), Govaerts (1995, 2003) and Chen & Taylor (2011) [cited as Adina pilulifera]
    • Typus: J. Robertson s.n. ([November 1772]; BM-BM000945044).
    • Type locality: [China. Guangdong:] juxta Wampu[​Whampoa].
  • Nauclea adinoides Lindl., Bot. Reg. 11: t. 895 (1825), nota in text; not accepted by Ridsdale (1978: 357) and Govaerts (2003) [cited as Adina pilulifera]
    • Typus: not indicated.
  • Adina peduncularis DC., Prodr. 4: 349 (1830); not accepted by Ridsdale (1978: 357) and Govaerts (1995, 2003) [cited as Adina pilulifera]
    • Typus: see Nauclea adinoides.
  • Adina globiflora var. macrophylla Nakai, Trees & Shrubs Japan: 378 (1922)
    • Typus: Tashiro s.n. (not seen by Ridsdale 1978: 357).
    • Type locality: [Japan.] 九州[Kyushu].
  • Adina globiflora var. tonkinensis Pit., Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H. Lecomte et al.] 3: 39 (1922); not accepted by Ridsdale (1978: 357), Govaerts (1995, 2003) and Chen & Taylor (2011) [cited as Adina pilulifera]
    • Typus: H.F. Bon s.n. (syntypus; P), Simond s.n. (syntypus; P), Harmand s.n. (syntypus; P), Eberhardt s.n. (syntypus; P) and E. Poilane s.n. (syntypus; P).
    • Type locality: [Vietnam.]
      • Bon: Tonkin: vers Ninh-binh[​Ninh Bình].
      • Simond: Tonkin: vers Long-tchéou.
      • Harmand: Annam: entre Hué et le fleuve Mékong.
      • Eberhardt: Annam: Hai-mit.
      • Poilane: Annam: province de Thua-thien[​Thừa Thiên Huế province], Phu-son.
  • Nauclea orientalis var. macrophylla (Nakai) Nakai, Trees Shrubs Japan, ed. rev.: 511 (1927)
  • Nauclea nipponica Masam., Mem. Fac. Sc. & Agric. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 11(Bot. No. 4): 415 (1934); not accepted by Ridsdale (1978: 357) [cited as Adina globiflora]
    • Note: new name for Adina globiflora var. macrophylla Nakai
  • Adina pilulifera var. tonkinensis (Pit.) Merr. ex H.L.Li, J. Arnold Arbor. 25(3): 317 (1944); as tonkinense; not accepted by Ridsdale (1978: 357), Govaerts (1995, 2003) and Chen & Taylor (2011) [cited as Adina pilulifera]

Misapplied names

• Cephalanthus orientalis auct. non L. (1753): Osbeck, Dagb. Ostind. Resa: 221, 242 (1757); L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 887 (1759)
• Nauclea orientalis auct. non (L.) L. (1762): L., Gen. Pl., ed. 6.: 90 no 223 (1764)
  • Note: see Ridsdale (1978: 358).

Notes

• Adina pubicostata Merr., which Ridsdale (1978: 358) had treated as a synonym of this species, was reinstated by Chen & Taylor (2011: 70).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central (Guizhou, Yunnan), Hainan, China Southeast (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang) Regional: Eastern Asia Japan (Kyushu) Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indo-China Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lamarck, J.-B. 1783–1785. Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. Tome 1. XLIV+752 pp. Panckoucke, Paris; Plomteux, Liége. BHL Reference page. 
• Drake del Castillo, E. 1895. Contribution a la flore du Tonkin: Énumération des Rubiacées trouvées au Tonkin par M. Balansa en 1885–89. Journal de Botanique [Morot] 9: 206–212 (Gallica), 213–220 (Gallica). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Osbeck, P. 1757. Dagbok öfwer en Ostindisk resa åren 1750, 1751, 1752. Med anmårkningar uti naturkunnigheten, fråmmande folkslags språk, seder, hushållning, m. m.: 1–376, pls. 1–12. BHL Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1764. Genera plantarum eorumque characteres naturales secundum numerum, figuram, situm, et proportionem omnium fructificationis partium. Editio sexta ab auctore reformata et aucta. Pp. [I]-XX, [1]-580, [1-44]. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Salisbury, R.A. 1805(–1808). The Paradisus Londinensis: or coloured figures of plants cultivated in the vicinity of the metropolis. Vol. 1–2. BHL Reference page. 
• De Candolle, A.P. 1830. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 4: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. 683 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• Nakai, T. 1922. Trees and Shrubs Indigenous in Japan Proper. Vol. 1. 511 pp., Tokyo. BHL Reference page. 
• Nakai, T. & Koidzumi, G. 1927. Trees and Shrubs Indigenous in Japan Proper, Revised and enlarged edition. Vol. 1. 714 pp. + 58 pp. (Index) Tokyo: Seibido Shoten. DOI: 10.11501/1224919 Reference page. 
• Pitard, J. 1922–1933. Rubiacées. Pp. 20–442. In: Lecomte, H., Humbert, H. & Gagnepain, F. (eds.), Flore générale de l'Indo-Chine. Tome troisième: Caprifoliacées à Apocynacées. Paris: Masson et C^ie. BHL Reference page. 
• Li, H.-L. 1944. New or Noteworthy Plants from Southwestern China. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 25(3): 299–318. BHL Reference page. 
• Ridsdale, C.E. 1978. A revision of the tribe Naucleeae s.s. (Rubiaceae). Blumea 24(2): 307–366. PDF Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R.H.A. 1995. World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2). 483, 529 pp. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-341-0852-X (issue 1) ISBN 90-341-0853-8 (issue 2). Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page. 
• Chen Tao & Taylor, C.M. 2011. Adina pilulifera. Pp. 69–70 in Wu, Zh.Y. , Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.-Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 19: Cucurbitaceae through Valerianaceae, with Annonaceae and Berberidaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 978-1-935641-04-9. efloras PDFReference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Adina pilulifera (Lam.) Franch. ex Drake (Least Concern)
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Adina pilulifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 1. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Adina pilulifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Adina pilulifera. Published online. Accessed: 9 December 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Adina pilulifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 9 December 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Adina pilulifera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 9 December 2021.

Vernacular names

日本語: タニワタリノキ
中文: 水团花

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