Ochrosia is a genus of flowering plants, first described in 1789. It is in the family Apocynaceae,[1][2][3][4] native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[5][6]

Ochrosia
Ochrosia borbonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Rauvolfioideae
Tribe: Vinceae
Subtribe: Ochrosiinae
Pichon ex Boiteau
Genus: Ochrosia
Juss.[1][2][3][4]
Synonyms[5]
  • Bleekeria Hassk. 1859 not Hassk. 1855
  • Calpicarpum G.Don
  • Diderota Comm. ex A.DC.
  • Excavatia Markgr.
  • Lactaria Rumph. ex Raf.
  • Neisosperma Raf.
  • Ochrosion St.-Lag.
  • Pseudochrosia Blume

Species

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Species in the genus include:[5]

  1. Ochrosia ackeringae (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq. – Indonesia, Philippines, Papuasia, Christmas Island
  2. Ochrosia acuminata Trimen ex Valeton – Sulawesi
  3. Ochrosia alyxioides Guillaumin – Vanuatu
  4. Ochrosia apoensis Elmer – Luzon, Mindanao
  5. Ochrosia balansae (Guillaumin) Baill. ex Guillaumin – New Caledonia
  6. Ochrosia basistamina Hendrian – Sulawesi
  7. Ochrosia bodenheimarum Guillaumin – Vallée de la Toutouta in New Caledonia
  8. Ochrosia borbonica J.F.Gmel.Mauritius + Réunion; naturalized in Guangdong
  9. Ochrosia brevituba Boiteau – New Caledonia
  10. Ochrosia brownii (Fosberg & Sachet) Lorence & ButaudNuku Hiva in Marquesas (extinct in the wild)
  11. Ochrosia citrodora K.Schum. & Lauterb. – New Guinea
  12. Ochrosia coccinea (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq. – Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands; naturalized in Guangdong
  13. Ochrosia compta K.Schum., Hōlei – Hawaii (Maui, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi)[7]
  14. Ochrosia elliptica Labill.Lord Howe Island, Queensland, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Nauru; naturalized in Guangdong + Taiwan
  15. Ochrosia fatuhivensis Fosberg & Sachet – Fatu Hiva in Marquesas but extinct[8]
  16. Ochrosia ficifolia (S.Moore) Markgr. – New Guinea
  17. Ochrosia glomerata (Blume) F.Muell. – Borneo, Sulawesi, Philippines, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  18. Ochrosia grandiflora Boit. – New Caledonia
  19. Ochrosia haleakalae H.St.John, Hōlei – Maui + island of Hawaiʻi (so-called Big Island) in Hawaiian Islands
  20. Ochrosia hexandra Koidz. – Kazan-retto ( = Volcano Islands of Japan)
  21. Ochrosia inventorum L.Allorge – New Caledonia
  22. Ochrosia iwasakiana (Koidz.) Koidz. ex Masam. ( = Ryukyu Islands of Japan)
  23. Ochrosia kauaiensis H.St.John, HōleiKauaʻi in Hawaiian Islands
  24. Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John, Hōlei – island of Hawaiʻi (so-called Big Island) in Hawaiian Islands, but extinct
  25. Ochrosia kilneri F.Muell. – Queensland
  26. Ochrosia lifuana Guillaumin – Loyalty Islands + Isle of Pines in New Caledonia
  27. Ochrosia mariannensis A.DC. – Mariana Islands
  28. Ochrosia miana Baill. ex Guillaumin – New Caledonia
  29. Ochrosia minima (Markgr.) Fosberg & Boiteau – Queensland, Papua New Guinea
  30. Ochrosia moorei (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. – Queensland, New South Wales
  31. Ochrosia mulsantii Montrouz. – New Caledonia
  32. Ochrosia nakaiana (Koidz.) Koidz. ex H.Hara – Ogasawara-shoto ( = Bonin Islands of Japan)
  33. Ochrosia newelliana F.M.Bailey – Queensland
  34. Ochrosia novocaledonica Däniker – New Caledonia
  35. Ochrosia oppositifolia (Lam.) K.Schum. – Seychelles, Chagos Islands, Sri Lanka, Maldive Islands, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, W Malaysia, Indonesia, Papuasia, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia, Line Islands, Micronesia
  36. Ochrosia poweri F.M.Bailey – Queensland, New South Wales
  37. Ochrosia sciadophylla Markgr – Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands
  38. Ochrosia sevenetii Boiteau – New Guinea
  39. Ochrosia silvatica Däniker – New Caledonia
  40. Ochrosia solomonensis (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Fosberg & Boiteau – Solomon Islands
  41. Ochrosia syncarpa Markgr. – Bali, Lombok, Timor, Flores
  42. Ochrosia tahitensis Laness. ex Pichon – Tahiti
  43. Ochrosia tenimberensis Markgr. – Tanimbar Islands

Formerly included species

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Species formerly included in the genus before being reclassified include:[citation needed]

  1. Ochrosia nukuhivensis Fosberg & Sachet = Rauvolfia nukuhivensis (Fosberg & Sachet) Lorence & Butaud
  2. Ochrosia sandwicensis A.DC. = Rauvolfia sandwicensis A.DC.
  3. Ochrosia tuberculata (Vahl) Pichon = Rauvolfia sandwicensis A.DC.

References

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  1. ^ a b Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de (1789). Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita, juxta methodum in Horto Regio Parisiensi exaratum, anno M.DCC.LXXIV. Parisiis: Apud Viduam Herissant et Theophilum Barrois. pp. 144–5. Retrieved 3 Nov 2013.
  2. ^ a b Mueller, Ferdinand von (July 1871). "Apocyneæ Ochrosia Kilneri (Sect. Echinocaryon.)". Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ. 7 (56): 129–131. Retrieved 3 Nov 2013 – via Biodiversity Library.
  3. ^ a b Hendrian (May 2004). "Revision of Ochrosia (Apocynaceae) in Malesia". Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants. 49 (1): 101–128. doi:10.3767/000651904X486223.
  4. ^ a b "Ochrosia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-03-14. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  5. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. ^ Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 163 玫瑰树属 mei gui shu shu Ochrosia Jussieu, Gen. Pl. 144. 1789.
  7. ^ "Ochrosia compta". Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Database. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
  8. ^ Lorence, D.H.; Butaud, J.-F. (2020). "Ochrosia fatuhivensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T35043A43524478. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T35043A43524478.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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