Malesian Euphorbiaceae Newsletter 5
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Genera and Species to be Revised
Additions and Changes in the Mailing List
Wightman, G. et al. 1994. Gurindji ethnobotany: aboriginal plant use from Daguragu, Northern Australia. North. Terr. Bot. Bull. 18.
Several Australian Euphorbiaceae and their local uses and vernacular names.
Wightman, G., I.P. Astuti & E. Munawaroh. 1994. Sundanese Ethnobotany: traditional plant knowledge from Ciamis and Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia. North. Terr. Bot. Bull. 19. The use and vernacular names of several plants, also some Euphorbiaceae, of W. Java.
Genera and Species to be revised
The following list shows the Malesian Euphorbiaceae genera in alphabetical order, the number of species estimated world-wide, estimated within Malesia, presence world-wide, and the contributor. This list is the updated version from the second newsletter.
Genus |
World |
Malesia |
Presence |
Contributor |
Acalypha |
430 |
25 |
Pantropical |
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Actephila |
35 |
6 |
Indomalesia to Australia |
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Agrostistachys |
9 |
5 |
India to W Malesia |
|
Alchornea |
70 |
3 |
Tropical |
|
Aleurites |
6 |
1 |
W Pacific |
|
Alphandia |
3 |
1 |
New Guinea, W Pacific |
Leiden students |
Annesijoa |
1 |
1 |
New Guina |
Leiden students |
Antidesma |
160 |
60 |
Old world tropics and warm areas |
|
Aporosa |
75 |
60 |
Indomalesia to Solomons |
|
Ashtonia |
2 |
2 |
Malay Penin., Borneo |
|
Austrobuxus |
17 |
1 |
Malesia to Fiji |
|
Baccaurea |
80 |
50 |
Indomalesia to W Pacific |
Haegens |
Baliospermum |
6 |
1 |
India to central Malesia |
Leiden students |
Bischofia |
1 |
1 |
Indomalesia |
Leiden students |
Blachia |
12 |
1 |
India to central Malesia |
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Blumeodendron |
6 |
6 |
Andamans, Malesia |
|
Borneodendron |
1 |
1 |
N Borneo |
|
Botryophora |
0 |
1 |
SE Asia, W Malesia |
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Breynia |
25 |
10 |
China to Australia and New Caledonia |
|
Bridelia |
60 |
15 |
Old world tropics |
|
Cephalomappa |
5 |
5 |
S China, Malesia |
Widuri |
Chondrostylis |
2 |
1 |
SE Asia, W Malesia |
|
Choriceras |
1 |
1 |
S New Guinea, Australia |
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Chrozophora |
12 |
1 |
Mediterranean, trop. Africa to India |
Leiden students |
Cladogynos |
1 |
1 |
SE Asia, Malesia |
|
Claoxylon |
80 |
40 |
Old world tropics |
|
Cleidion |
25 |
3 |
Pantropical |
|
Cleistanthus |
130 |
40 |
Old world tropics |
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Clonostylis |
0 |
1 |
Synonym of Spathiostemon |
|
Cnesmone |
10 |
1 |
Assam to W Malesia |
|
Coccoceras |
4 |
4 |
Burma to Borneo |
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Codiaeum |
6 |
10 |
Malesia to Pacific |
Wiryani |
Croton |
750 |
35 |
Tropical and warm areas |
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Dalechampia |
110 |
1 |
Warm areas, esp. America |
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Deutzianthus |
2 |
1 |
Indochina and Sumatra |
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Dicoelia |
3 |
1 |
W Malesia |
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Dimorphocalyx |
12 |
5 |
Indomalesia to Australia |
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Doroxylon |
1 |
1 |
Malesia |
Leiden students |
Drypetes |
200 |
50 |
E Asia, S Africa |
|
Elateriospermum |
1 |
1 |
S Thailand, Malay Pen. |
Kochummen |
Endospermum |
13 |
10 |
SE Asia to Fiji |
Kochummen |
Epiprinus |
6 |
1 |
Assam to W Malesia |
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Erythrococca |
30 |
1 |
Trop. & S Africa |
|
Euphorbia |
1600 |
30 |
Cosmopolitan |
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Excoecaria |
40 |
5 |
Old world tropics |
|
Fahrenheitia |
4 |
1 |
India to central Malesia |
Kochummen |
Flueggea |
13 |
2 |
Tropical |
|
Fontainea |
2 |
1 |
New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia |
|
Galearia |
6 |
5 |
SE Asia to Solomons |
Metilistina Sasinggla |
Glochidion |
300 |
150 |
Tropical |
|
Hevea |
9 |
1 |
Amazonia |
Leiden students |
Homonoia |
2 |
1 |
SE Asia, Malesia |
Leiden students |
Hura |
2 |
1 |
Trop. America |
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Hymenocardia |
5 |
1 |
Africa, SE Asia to Sumatra |
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Jatropha |
170 |
5 |
Tropical and warm areas, N America |
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Kairothamnus |
1 |
1 |
New Guinea |
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Koilodepas |
10 |
5 |
India to Malesia |
Ms. Muzayyinah |
Lasiococca |
3 |
1 |
E Himalayas to Malay Pen. |
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Leptopus |
20 |
1 |
W Himalayas to Australia |
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Macaranga |
240 |
125 |
Old world tropics |
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Mallotus |
140 |
50 |
Old world tropics |
Mohamad |
Manihot |
98 |
3 |
Tropical and warm America |
Leiden students |
Margaritaria |
4 |
1 |
Tropical |
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Megistostigma |
4 |
1 |
SE Asia, W Malesia |
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Melanolepis |
2 |
1 |
SE Asia to Pacific |
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Micrococca |
14 |
1 |
Old world tropics |
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Microdesmis |
10 |
2 |
Trop. Africa, SE Asia, W Malesia |
Leiden students |
Neoroeptera |
1 |
1 |
NE Australia |
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Neotrewia |
1 |
1 |
Malesia |
Leiden students |
Octospermum |
1 |
1 |
New Guinea |
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Omalanthus |
35 |
15 |
Trop. Asia to Australia |
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Omphalea |
20 |
3 |
Tropical |
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Ostodes |
4 |
1 |
E Himalayas to Borneo |
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Pachystylidium |
1 |
1 |
India to Central Malesia |
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Pedilanthes |
14 |
1 |
N to tropical America |
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Petalostigma |
7 |
1 |
New Guinea, Australia |
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Phyllanthus |
600 |
80 |
Tropical and warm areas |
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Pimelodendron |
8 |
4 |
Malesia |
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Plukenetia |
15 |
1 |
Africa to Malesia |
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Ptychopyxis |
13 |
10 |
Thailand to W Malesia, E New Guinea |
Murdoyuwono |
Reutealis |
1 |
1 |
Philippines |
Leiden students |
Richeriella |
2 |
1 |
SE China to central Malesia |
Leiden students |
Ricinus |
1 |
1 |
Europe to Africa and Middle East |
Leiden students |
Sapium |
100 |
3 |
Tropical and warm areas to Patagonia |
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Sauropus |
40 |
5 |
SE Asia, Indomalesia |
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Sebastiana |
100 |
2 |
Tropical and warm areas |
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Spathiostemon |
3 |
1 |
Thailand, W Malesia, New Guinea |
Leiden students |
Stillingia |
30 |
1 |
Tropical and warm areas |
|
Sumbaviopsis |
1 |
1 |
Assam to W Malesia |
Leiden students |
Suregada |
40 |
3 |
Old world tropics |
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Symphyllea |
3 |
1? |
India to Hainan and Malaya |
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Tapoides |
1 |
1 |
Borneo |
Leiden students |
Trewia |
2 |
1 |
Himalayas to Hainan |
Leiden students |
Trigonostemon |
45 |
15 |
Indomalesia |
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Wetria |
1 |
1 |
SE Asia to W Malesia, New Guinea |
Leiden students |
Genus |
World-wide |
Malesia |
Distribution |
Publication |
Chaetocarpus |
11 |
1 |
Pantropical |
Rheedea ms. (1994) 93-101 |
Cheilosa |
1 |
1 |
W Malesia |
Blumea 38 (1993) 161-166 |
Erismanthus |
2 |
1 |
SE Asia-W Malesia |
Blumea ms. |
Lasiococca |
3 |
1 |
W Malesia |
Blumea ms. |
Moultonianthus |
1 |
1 |
W Malesia |
Blumea ms. |
Neoscortechinia |
6 |
6 |
Burma to Solomons |
Blumea 39 (1994) 301-318 |
Strophioblachia |
1 |
1 |
SE Asia-W Malesia |
Blumea ms. |
Syndyophyllum |
2 |
2 |
Malesia |
Blumea ms. |
Trigonopleura |
3 |
3 |
W Malesia |
Blumea ms. |
Additions and Changes in the mailing list
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, England. She will revise Flueggea, Margaritaria |
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Will also revise Coccoceras and Omalanthus |