Petitia domingensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Viticoideae
Genus: Petitia
Species: Petitia domingensis

Name

Petitia domingensis Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 12 (1760).

Synonyms

Replaced synonym
- Vitex petitia Bramley, Sci. Rep. 6(34343): 14. (2017)
Heterotypic
- Citharexylum melanocardium Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 91 (1788)
- Citharexylum paniculatum Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 270 (1788)
- Premna reticulata Juss., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 68 (1806)
- Callicarpa reticulata Poepp. ex Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 4: 72 (1845).
- Petitia poeppigii Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 639 (1847)
  - Petitia domingensis var. poeppigii (Schauer) Moldenke, Phytologia 31: 27 (1975)
- Callicarpa cinerea A.Rich. in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 145 (1850)
- Aegiphila punctata Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 36(II): 219 (1863)
- Petitia domingensis var. ekmanii Moldenke, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 247 (1937)

Note: Synonymy with Vitex not completed, as Bramley did not consider the early synonyms when describing Vitex petitia in Li et al., (2016), including Citharexylum melanocardium (1788).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Jacquin, N.J. 1760. Enumeratio systematica plantarum, quas in Insulis Caribaeis vicinaque Americes continente detexit novas, aut iam cognitas emendavit. 41 pp. Apud Theodorum Haak, Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Bramley, G.L.C., Forest, F. & de Kok, R.P.J. 2009. Troublesome tropical mints: re-examining generic limits of Vitex and relations (Lamiaceae) in South East Asia. Taxon 58(2): 500–510. DOI: 10.1002/tax.582014 ResearchGate Reference page.
Li, B., Cantino, P.D., Olmstead, R.G., Bramley, G.L.C., Xiang, C.L., Ma, Z.H., Tan, Y.H. & Zhang, D.X. 2016. A large-scale chloroplast phylogeny of the Lamiaceae sheds new light on its subfamilial classification. Scientific Reports 6(34343): 1–18. DOI: 10.1038/srep34343 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Petitia domingensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan. 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Petitia domingensis. Published online. Accessed: May 29 2022. Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Fiddlewood