Lythraceae
Including Punicaceae, Sonneratiaceae
Ammannia
L.
Last edited by Pieter B. Pelser, 6 August
2017
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- Ammannia auriculata Willd.,
Hort. Berol. 1 (1806) t. 7; --Type: from Egypt. --Ammannia multiflora
Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1 (1820) 447; --Merr., EPFP 3 (1923) 136; --Type: from
India. --Ammannia auriculata Willd. var. arenaria (Kunth) Koehne in
Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 1 (1880) 245; --Ammannia arenaria Kunth, Nov. Gen.
Sp. 6 (1824) 190. --Ammannia auriculata Willd. forma hyrcanica Koehne,
Bot. Jahrb. 1 (1880) 245; --Merr., EPFP 3 (1923) 135. Warmer parts of
the world. Africa, tropical and subtropical N & S America, W Asia to
S China, N Australia. LUZON: La Union (Lete 497), Abra, Pampanga.
- Ammannia baccifera L., Sp.
Pl. ed. 2 (1762) 175; --Merr., Fl. Manila (1912) 343; EPFP 3 (1923) 135;
--Type: from China. Africa, S & SE Asia, Australia. Photos
- var. baccifera. Tropical
Africa and Asia, across Malesia to tropical parts of Australia.
Throughout the Philippines. Low and medium elevation in open damp
wet places. Often abundant.
- var. viridis (Hornem.)
Koehne in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 1 (1880) 260; --Merr., EPFP 3 (1923)
136. India to China.
- Ammannia coccinea Rottb.,
Pl. Hort. Univ. (Havn.) Programm. Descr. (1773) 7; --Type: from Jamaica
(neo). N, C & S America. Naturalized elsewhere, incl. Philippines.
LUZON. Photos
Cuphea
P.Browne [Not native]
Last edited by Pieter B. Pelser, 5 November
2017
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- Cuphea carthagenensis (Jacq.)
J.F.Macbr.,
Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8 (1930) 124; --Lythrum
carthagenense Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 2(1760) 2; --Type: from Barbados.
South and Central America. Not native to the Philippines. Photos
Duabanga
Buch.-Ham.
- Duabanga moluccana Blume,
Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 (1856) 109; --Merr., EPFP 3 (1923) 139;
--Backer & Steen., Fl. Males. ser. 1, 4 (1951) 288. Borneo,
Philippines, Talaud, Sulawesi, E Java, Lesser Sunda Isls (Bali; Lombok;
Sumbawa), Moluccas (Halmahera; Ternate; Bacan; Ambon; Seram), New
Guinea. Widespread in the Philippines. Photos
Lagerstroemia
L.
Edited by Pieter B. Pelser, 21 August 2016
Photos
- Lagerstroemia celebica Blume,
Mus. Bot. 2 (1856) 127; --Type: from Sulawesi (lecto). --Lagerstroemia
piriformis Koehne in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 4 (1883) 23; --Merr., EPFP 3
(1923) 137; --Furtado & Montien, Gard. Bull. Sing. 24 (1969)
248; --Type: Cuming 1675 (B, holo, lost; BM, K, L, iso), Philippines.
--Lagerstroemia batitinan S.Vidal, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 139;
--Lagerstroemia piriformis forma batitinan (S.Vidal) Furtado &
Montien, Gard. Bull. Sing. 24 (1969) 254; --Type: Vidal 356 bis (A,
lecto; K, L, isolecto), Luzon: Laguna prov., near San Antonio.
--Lagerstroemia inopinata Furtado & Montien, Gard. Bull. Sing. 24
(1969) 238; --Type: Ahern’s collector (Decades of Philip. Forest Flora
no. 204) (A, holo; US, iso), Luzon: Rizal prov., Bosoboso.
--Lagerstroemia alatulata Furtado & Montien, Gard. Bull. Sing. 24
(1969) 242; --Type: PNH 8173 Sulit (A, holo; PNH, iso), Luzon:
Laguna prov., Mt Makiling. Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, New
Guinea, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Philippines. SAMAR, LUZON: Albay, Cagayan,
Laguna, Rizal, Quezon, LEYTE (Tacloban & Palo; Ormoc: Lake Danao),
MINDANAO: Agusan, Cotabato, Misamis, Surigao, Davao Oriental (Mati),
Zamboanga del Norte, MINDORO, PANAY: Iloilo. Photos
- Lagerstroemia paniculata
(Turcz.) S.Vidal, Phan. Cuming. Philipp. (1885) 115; --Merr., EPFP
3 (1923) 137; --Furtado & Montien, Gard. Bull. Sing. 24 (1969)
228; --Pterocalymma paniculata Turcz., Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou 19
(1846) 508; --Type: Cuming 1188 (A, holo, ex LE; E, L, NY, SING,
iso), Philippines. --Lagerstroemia piriformis auct. non Koehne; --Merr.,
EPFP 3 (1923) 137, pro parte. Endemic to the Philippines. LUZON: Isabela
(San Mariano), Aurora (Casiguran), Rizal (Montalban), Laguna (Mt
Makiling), Camarines Sur.
- Lagerstroemia pterosepala
Furtado & Montien, Gard. Bull. Sing. 24 (1969) 230; --Type: BS 21959
Adduru (A, holo; L, UC, US, iso), Luzon: Abra prov. Endemic to the
Philippines. LUZON: Abra, Ilocos Sur.
- Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.)
Pers., Syn. 2 (1807) 72; --Merr., Fl. Manila (1912) 341; EPFP
3 (1923) 137; --Furtado & Montien, Gard. Bull. Sing. 24 (1969)
264; --Type: from China (lecto). Borneo, Cambodia, China (Yunnan),
India, Java, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, Myanmar, Peninsular
Malaysia, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines. LUZON,
MINDORO, PALAWAN, LEYTE, MINDANAO, SAMAR. Mostly in secondary forests at
low and medium elevation. Photos
Cultivated, not native to the Philippines:
- Lagerstroemia floribunda
Jack, Malay Misc. 1 (1820-22) 38; --Type: from Peninsular Malaysia
(neo). Photos
- var. floribunda.
--Lagerstroemia floribunda var. brevifolia Craib, Fl. Siam. Enum. 1
(1831) 722; --Furtado & Montien, Gard. Bull. Sing. 24 (1969)
331. Native of continental SE Asia. Not naturalized?
- Lagerstroemia indica L.,
Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1076; --Merr., Fl. Manila (1912) 341; EPFP 3
(1923) 136; --Furtado & Montien, Gard. Bull. Sing. 24 (1969)
190; --Type: from China (lecto). Himalayan regions, China, Indochina and
Japan. Widely cultivated all over the world. Not naturalized? Photos
- Lagerstroemia loudonii Teysm.
& Binn., Nat. Tijdschr. Ned.-Ind. 25 (1863) 425; --Furtado &
Montien, Gard. Bull. Sing. 24 (1969) 303; --Type: from Thailand. Endemic
to Thailand. Cultivated in Peninsular Malaysia (Penang), Singapore,
Indonesia (Bogor). LUZON: Laguna (Los Baños). Not naturalized?
- Lagerstroemia subcostata
Koehne in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 4 (1883) 20; --Furtado & Montien, Gard.
Bull. Sing. 24 (1969) 281; --Type: from Taiwan (lecto). E-C China
(Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi), Taiwan, Bonin Isls, N Philippines.
LUZON: Laguna (Los Baños, PNH 3408 Sulit & PNH 40084 M.L. Steiner).
Not naturalized?
Lawsonia
L. [Not native]
- Lawsonia inermis L., Sp. Pl.
(1753) 349; --Merr., Fl. Manila (1912) 342; EPFP 3 (1923) 138. Native of
E Africa or India, introduced in most tropical countries. Cultivated as
an ornamental in many parts of the Philippines. Scarcely naturalized.
Henna. Photos
Pemphis
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Last edited by Pieter B. Pelser, 18 August
2017
Photos
- Pemphis acidula J.R.Forst.
& G.Forst., Char. Gen. (1776) 68; --Merr., EPFP 3 (1923) 136;
--Type: from French Polynesia (lecto). Tropical E Africa and Asia, to
tropical Australia and Polynesia. Throughout the Philippines along
seashores. Conservation status: Endangered (DAO 2017-11). Photos
Punica
L. [Not native]
- Punica granatum L., Sp. Pl.
(1753) 472; --Merr., Fl. Manila (1912) 344; EPFP 3 (1923) 141; --Backer,
Fl. Males. ser. 1, 4 (1951) 226. Probably originating from Iran and some
adjoining countries, from there introduced into S Europe, N Africa, E
and SE Asia. Photos
Rotala
L.
Last edited by Pieter B. Pelser, 6 August
2017
Photos
- Rotala hexandra Wall. ex
Koehne, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1 (1880) 167; --Type: from Myanmar. China,
Java, Myanmar, Philippines. LUZON. Marshy places.
- Rotala indica (Willd.) Koehne
in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 1 (1880) 172; --Merr., Fl. Manila (1912) 342;
EPFP 3 (1923) 134; --Leeuwen, Blumea 19 (1971) 54; --Peplis indica
Willd., Sp. Pl. 2 (1799) 244; --Type: from India. SE and E Asia, C
& N Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, Madura, Lesser Sunda Isls
(Lombok), Philippines, Sulawesi. Photos
- Rotala mexicana Cham. &
Schltdl., Linnaea 5 (1830) 567; --Merr., Fl. Manila (1912) 342; EPFP 3
(1923) 134; --Leeuwen, Blumea 19 (1971) 54; --Type: from Mexico. Common
in warmer countries. E Java, Madura, the Philippines, New Guinea.
- Rotala ramosior (L.) Koehne
in Mart., Fl. Bras. 132 (1877) 194; --Ammannia ramosior L., Sp. Pl.
(1753) 120; --Type: from N. America. --Ammannia catholica Cham. &
Schltdl., Linnaea 2 (1827) 378; --Rotala catholica
(Cham. & Schltdl.) Van Leeuwen, Blumea 19 (1971) 54; --Merr.,
Fl. Manila (1912) 342; EPFP 3 (1923) 135; --Type: Chamisso s.n. (LE,
hololecto; G, isolecto), Philippines: Luzon. --Ammannia monoflora
Blanco, Fl. Filip. (1837) 64; --Type: Merrill 426 (L, neo), Luzon:
Manila. Native of the Neotropics, introduced in the Old World, only
found as yet in Malesia in the Philippines. LUZON. Photos
- Rotala rosea (Poir.)
C.D.K.Cook ex H.Hara, Enum. Fl. Pl. Nepal 2 (1979) 173; --Ammannia rosea
Poir., Encycl. Suppl. 1 (1810) 329. --Rotala pentandra auct. non (Roxb.)
Blatt. & Hallb.; --Leeuwen, Blumea 19 (1971) 55, pro parte, pro
basion. et syn. R. leptopetala. --Rotala leptopetala (Blume) Koehne
in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 1 (1880) 162, pro parte; --Merr., EPFP 3
(1923)135; --Ammannia leptopetala Blume, Mus. Bot. 2 (1856) 134; --Type:
from Java. SE Asia; in Malesia in W Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, W
& C Java, Madura, Sulawesi, the Philippines and New Guinea. LUZON,
MINDANAO.
Sonneratia
L.f.
Last edited by Pieter B. Pelser, 6 August
2017
Photos
- Sonneratia alba Sm. in Rees,
Cycl. 33 (1819) No. 2; --Backer & Steen., Fl. Males. ser. 1, 4
(1951) 285. --Sonneratia caseolaris auct. non Engl.; --Merr., EPFP
3 (1923) 139, pro parte. N Madagascar, Seychelles and tropical E
Africa, SE continental Asia and Andamans to N Australia, S Ryukyus
(Iriomote), Micronesia (Pelew), Solomon Isls, Vanuatu and New Caledonia,
Sumatra (also Enggano & Banka Is), Java, Lesser Sunda Isls (Bali),
Borneo (also Pulu Laut), Philippines, Sulawesi (also Saleyer & Muna
Isls), Moluccas, New Guinea & New Ireland. Shallow parts of calm
seas, seashores, along the mouth of tidal crees. Prefers salt water and
grows well on sandy or rocky as on a muddy soil, not rarely on coral
terraces. Often gregarious and predominating, but usually not forming a
dense growth, except sometimes where better fuel-trees have been
destroyed. Photos
- Sonneratia caseolaris (L.)
Engl. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 1 (1897) 261;
--Merr., Fl. Manila (1912) 344; EPFP 3 (1923) 139; --Backer &
Steen., Fl. Males. ser. 1, 4 (1951) 283; --Rhizophora caseolaris
L., Herb. Amb. (1754) 13. --Sonneratia acida L.f., Suppl. (1781) 252;
--Merr., EPFP 3 (1923) 139. --Sonneratia pagatpat Blanco, Fl. Filip.
(1837) 424; --Merr., Fl. Manila (1912) 344; EPFP 3 (1923)
139. Tropical SE Asia and Sri Lanka to N Australia, Solomon Isls,
and Vanuatu. In Malesia: Sumatra, Simalur, Banka, Java, Madura, Borneo,
Philippines, Sulawesi, Moluccas (Ambon; Buru), Timor, New Guinea. Less
salt parts of mangrove forests on a deeply muddy soil, never on coral
bank, often along tidal creeks with slow moving water and ascending
these as far as the flood mounts. Photos
- Sonneratia ovata Backer,
Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg ser. 3, 2 (1920) 329; --Backer & Steen.,
Fl. Males. ser. 1, 4 (1951) 285; --Primavera et al. (2004) Handb.
Mangrove Philip. Panay 76. Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore,
Riouw Archipelago, Java, Philippines, S Sulawesi, Moluccas (Sula Isls),
SE New Guinea (Daru Is). Landward side of tidal forests in the less salt
part on a muddy soil, along tidal creeks, never on coral reefs. Locally
numerous, but on the whole, rather rare.
Woodfordia
Salisb.
Edited by Pieter B. Pelser, 21 August 2016
No photos
- Woodfordia fruticosa (L.)
Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 40 (1871) 56; --Lythrum
fruticosum L., Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 2 (1759) 1045; --Type: from China
(lecto). Bhutan, China, India, Java, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands,
Madagascar, Madura, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sulawesi, Thailand,
Philippines.
Literature
Backer, CA.
1951. Punicaceae. Flora Malesiana series 1, 4: 226-227
Backer, CA & CGGJ van Steenis. 1951. Sonneratiaceae. Flora Malesiana
series 1, 4: 280-289
Backer, CA & CGGJ van Steenis. 1972. Sonneratiaceae. Flora
Malesiana series 1, 6: 973-976
DENR
Administrative Order. 2017. Updated national list of threatened Philippine
plants and their categories. DAO 2017-11
De Wilde, WJJO &
BEE Duyfjes. 2014. Ammannia
(Lythraceae) in Malesia. Blumea 59: 11-18
De Wilde, WJJO & BEE Duyfjes. 2014. Lagerstroemia
(Lythraceae) in Malesia. Blumea 59: 113-122
De Wilde, WJJO
& BEE Duyfjes. 2016. Lythraceae. Flora Malesiana series 1, 22: 1-66
Duke, NC & BR Jackes. 1987. A systematic revision of the mangrove
genus Sonneratia
(Sonneratiaceae) in Australasia. Blumea 32: 277-302
Furtado, CX and Montien Srisuko. 1969. A revision of Lagerstroemia
L. (Lythraceae). Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 24: 185-335.
Leeuwen, BLJ
van . 1971. A preliminary revision of the genus Rotala
(Lythraceae) in Malesia. Blumea 19: 53-56
Pelser, P.B., J.F. Barcelona
& D.L. Nickrent (eds.). 2011 onwards. Co's Digital Flora of the
Philippines. www.philippineplants.org
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