Flueggea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamilia: Phyllanthoideae
Tribus: Phyllantheae
Genus: Flueggea
Species: F. acicularis – F. acidoton – F. anatolica – F. elliptica – F. flexuosa – F. gracilis – F. jullienii – F. leucopyrus – F. monticola – F. neowawraea – F. schuechiana – F. spirei – F. suffruticosa – F. taiwanensis – F. tinctoria – F. ussuriensis – F. verrucosa – F. virosa

Name

Flueggea Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 637, 757 (1806).

Type species: Flueggea leucopyrus Willd.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Fluggea Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 757 (1806), orth. var.
- Securinega sect. Flueggea (Willd.) Müll.Arg. in A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 448 (1866).
Heterotypic
- Acidoton P.Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 355 (1756), nom. rej., non Acidoton Sw. 1788, nom. cons.
- Bessera Spreng., Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 90 (1815), nom. rej., non Bessera Schult.f. 1829, nom. cons.
  - Type species: Bessera inermis Spreng. (= Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Royle 1836)
- Geblera Fisch. & C.A.Mey., Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1: 28 (1835).
  - Type species: Geblera suffruticosa (Pall.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. (= Flueggea suffruticosa (Pall.) Baill. 1858).
- Colmeiroa Reut. in P.E.Boissier & G.F.Reuter, Diagn. Pl. Nov. Hisp.: 23 (1842).
  - Type species: Colmeiroa buxifolia Reut. (= Flueggea tinctoria (L.) G.L.Webster 1984),
- Coilmeroa Endl., Gen. Pl., Suppl. 3: 99 (1843).
- Pleiostemon Sond., Linnaea 23: 135 (1850).
  - Type species: Pleiostemon verrucosum (Thunb.) Sond. (= Flueggea verrucosa (Thunb.) G.L.Webster 1984).
- Villanova Pourr. ex Cutanda, Fl. Comp. Madrid: 595 (1861).
- Neowawraea Rock, Indig. Trees Haw. Isl.: 243 (1913).
  - Type species: Neowawraea phyllanthoides Rock (= Flueggea neowawraea W.J.Hayden 1987)
- Richeriella Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, XV: 30 (1922).
  - Type species: Richeriella gracilis (Merr.) Pax & K.Hoffm. (= Flueggea gracilis (Merr.) Petra Hoffm. 2006).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Portugal, Spain.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Egypt.
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaire.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Comoros, Mozambique Channel Islands, Madagascar, Réunion.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Chita.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Primorye.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Turkey.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet.
- Regional: Mongolia
  - Mongolia.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, South China Sea, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
- Regional: Papuasia
  - Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia.
Continental: Pacific
- Regional: Southwestern Pacific
  - Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Islands.
- Regional: Northwestern Pacific
  - Caroline Islands.
- Regional: North-Central Pacific
  - Hawaii.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida (introduced)
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Ecuador.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast.

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

References

Primary references

Willdenow, C.L. 1806. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta. Tomus 4. Pars 2. Pp. 634–1157. Impensis G. C. Nauk, Berolini [Berlin]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Additional references

Webster, G.L. 1984. A revision of Flueggea (Euphorbiaceae). Allertonia 3(4): 259–312. JSTOR Reference page.
Barker, C.P. & van Welzen, P.C. 2010. Flueggea (Euphorbiaceae s.l. or Phyllanthaceae) in Malesia. Systematic Botany 35(3): 541–551. DOI: 10.1600/036364410792495890 ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Flueggea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Flueggea. Published online. Accessed: February 14 2024. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Flueggea. Accessed: 14 February 2024. [treating Flueggea monticola and F. ussuriensis as synonyms of F. virosa and F. suffruticosa, adding F. taiwanensis]

Vernacular names

English: Bushweeds