Nyctaginaceae

Pisonia Plum. ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1026 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Ethiopia to KwaZulu-Natal and SW. Pacific, Tropical & Subtropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Aldabra, Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Galápagos, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marcus I., Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niue, Northern Territory, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, Benin, Cape Verde, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nansei-shoto, Nigeria, Sudan, Trinidad-Tobago

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 8.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Sp. Pl. 1: 1026 (1753)
  • in Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 451 (1754).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bittrich & U. Kühn in Kubitzki et al., Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 2: 484 (1993)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 451 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 1026 (1753)
  • Stemm. in Blumea 12: 275–284 (1964)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2010 Middleton, D. [2356] Thailand K000612080 No
May 22, 2006 Gaerlan et al. [23043] Philippines K000224021 No
May 22, 2006 Kessler et al. [PK 3030] Indonesia K000224024 No
May 22, 2006 Kessler et al. [PK 3010] Indonesia K000224023 No
Jan 1, 1980 Sintenis, P [594] Puerto Rico K000572768 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Sintensis, P. [3869] Puerto Rico K000572769 Type Yes
Waterhouse, J.H.L. [64-B] Papua New Guinea K001905141 No
Utteridge, T.M.A.; Arifiani, D.; Baker, W.; Heatubun, C. [703] Papua New Guinea K001871548 No
MacKee, H.S. [24967] New Caledonia K001532108 Yes
Merrill, D. [7156] Philippines K000779385 Unknown Type Material Yes
Balfour, I.B. [s.n.] Mauritius K000243817 Type 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
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

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