Asteraceae
Wollastonia

Wollastonia biflora (L.) DC.

First published in Prodr. 5: 546 (1836)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mozambique to KwaZulu-Natal, W. Indian Ocean to Pacific. It is a scrambling subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Cook Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Kazan-retto, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Malaya, Maldives, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Introduced into:

Seychelles

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Kiew, R. & al. (eds.) (2021). Malayan Forest Records 49: 1-403.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Mao, A.A., Odyuo, N., Verma, D. & Singh, P. (2017). Checklist of Flora of Nagaland: 1-196. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Mao, A.A., Odyuo, N., Verma, D. & Singh, P. (2017). Checklist of Flora of Nagaland: 1-196. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Meyer, J.-Y. (2017). Guide des plantes de Wallis et Futuna: 1-486. Au vent des iles, editions, Tahiti.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 22, 2012 Wallich, G.C. [3204] K001065752 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 22, 2012 Smith, J.P., Sir [3207] K001065753 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 22, 2012 Wallich, G.C. [3212] Malaysia K001065751 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 22, 2012 Roxburgh, W. [s.n.] K001065755 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 1, 2009 Sugau, J. [SIP-B 5] Malaysia K000610477 Yes
Blackmore, S.; Walker, M.S. [77403] Seychelles K002492863 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [1072] Kenya K002492831 Yes
Garber, D.W. [547] Samoa K002492800 Yes
Schlechter, R. [15285] New Caledonia K002492811 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [2764] Seychelles K002492861 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [880] Seychelles K002492860 Yes
Christophersen, E. [2633] Samoa K002492804 Yes
Oxtoby, E. [29] Tanzania K002492846 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002492836 No
Graeffe [1425] Samoa K002492806 Yes
Mendonça, F.A. [2910] Mozambique K002492852 Yes
Stoddart, D.R. [857] British Indian Ocean Territory K002492870 Yes
s.coll. [1448] India K003170107 Yes
Barthelat, F.; Ali Sifari, B. [693] Mayotte K002492859 Yes
Crosby, C.S. [89] Tonga K002492799 Yes
Gomes e Sousa, A.F. [3742] Mozambique K002492854 Yes
Buchholz, J.T. [1053] New Caledonia K002492810 Yes
St. John, H. [21396] Micronesia, Federated States of K002492815 Yes
Meyer, A. B. [s.n.] Indonesia K002492510 Yes
Webb [s.n.] Indonesia K002492511 Yes
Toms, K.E. [223] Tanzania K002492845 Yes
Kokwaro, J.O. [3903] Kenya K002492830 Yes
Balslev, H.; Poopath, M.; Karaket, P.; Thaotawin, P.; Kladwong, P.; Rujichaipimon, W.; Brem Nøhr, N. [10219] Thailand K001767493 No
Barbosa, G.; Balsinhas, A. [5290] Mozambique K001612959 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002492796 Yes
Laurence [[18]] Tonga K002492797 Yes
Christophersen, E.; Hume, E.P. [1925] Samoa K002492793 Yes
Forbes [s.n.] Madagascar K002492873 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mozambique K002492850 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [31613] Northern Mariana Islands K002492820 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [24391] Marshall Islands K002492813 Yes
Lyne, R.N. [134] Tanzania K002492849 Yes
Mwasumbi, L.B. [LBM10526] Tanzania K002492839 Yes
Yuncker, T.G. [9749] Niue K002492803 Yes
{Ledermann} [14179] Micronesia, Federated States of K002492817 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [W2384] Samoa K002492807 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [8562] Samoa K002492808 Yes
Field, A. [132] British Indian Ocean Territory K002492869 Yes
Milne [233] K002492798 Yes
Humblot, L. [15] Comoros K002492872 Yes
Caldwell, E. [s.n.] New Caledonia K001065750 Unknown Type Material Yes
Whitmee, S.J. [s.n.] Samoa K002492801 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [s.n.] Mozambique K002492853 Yes
Forster, J.G.A. [2236] K001065749 Type Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [49167] Seychelles K002492865 Yes
Fakin, S.A. [318] Tanzania K002492842 Yes
{Ledermann} [13922] Micronesia, Federated States of K002492816 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [7317] Tonga K002492792 Yes
Whitmee, S.J. [19] Samoa K002492795 Yes
Vaupel, F. [96] Samoa K002492794 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3987] Kenya K002492834 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [31613] Northern Mariana Islands K002492821 Yes
[F. Ngiveno] [22] Kenya K002492828 Yes
Ward, E.H. [6789] K002492825 Yes
de la Bâthie, H.P. [13781] Madagascar K002492871 Yes
Takamatsu, M. [880] Micronesia, Federated States of K002492818 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [48902] Seychelles K002492857 Yes
Napier, E.R. [6233] Kenya K002492833 Yes
Jeffery, G.M. [K141] Kenya K002492827 Yes
{Greenway} [1200] Tanzania K002492843 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3987] Kenya K002492835 Yes
Takamatsu, M. [1920] Micronesia, Federated States of K002492819 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [48902] Seychelles K002492866 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [27094] Mozambique K002492851 Yes
Seakai, E. [306] Tonga K002492789 Yes
{Jex-Blake, Lady Muriel} [2279] Kenya K002492832 Yes
Adair, F. [s.n.] Kiribati K002492802 Yes
Gomes e Sousa, A.F. [3511] Mozambique K002492855 Yes
{Boivin} [s.n.] K002492876 Yes
Ward, C.J. [8073] South Africa K002492879 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [2835] Tanzania K002492841 Yes
{Boivin} [3152] Mayotte K002492875 Yes
Strey; Moll [3916] South Africa K002492877 Yes
Frazier, J. [853] Kenya K002492829 Yes
Frazier, J. [823] Seychelles K002492864 Yes
Bojer [s.n.] K000410424 Type Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [2449] Tanzania K002492844 Yes
{Boivin} [s.n.] Madagascar K002492874 Yes
Scarth-Johnson, V. [s.n.] Tonga K002492791 Yes
Graeffe [1426] K002492805 Yes
{Taylor} [27] Tanzania K002492847 Yes
[Vahrmeyes]; Tölkas [887] South Africa K002492878 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3616] Tanzania K002492837 Yes
Frazier, J. [823] Seychelles K002492856 Yes
Vaughan, J.H. [1165] Tanzania K002492848 Yes
Stoddart, D.R. [1105] Seychelles K002492867 Yes
Harris, B.J. [1400] Tanzania K002492838 Yes
Bristol, M.L. [1981] Samoa K002492790 Yes
Stoddart, D.R. [1060] Seychelles K002492868 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [48902] Seychelles K002492858 Yes
Mitchell, B.A. [137] Australia K002492812 Yes
Hnatiuk, R. [731128] Seychelles K002492862 Yes
Manktelow [77] Tanzania K002492840 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [60202] Micronesia, Federated States of K002492814 Yes
Wallich, G.C. [3209] K001065754 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2007 Festo, L.; Luke, Q. [2454] Kenya Melanthera biflora K000197172 Yes
May 31, 2012 Furuse, M. [47644] Japan Wedelia biflora K001325245 Yes
Pancher, J.A.I. [345] New Caledonia Wedelia biflora K001065799 Unknown Type Material Yes
Arifiani, D.; Sujadi, A.; Obaja [565] Indonesia Wedelia biflora K001634050 Yes
Arifiani, D.; Sujadi, A.; Obaja [565] Indonesia Wedelia biflora K001634051 Yes
Deplanche, E. [799] Wedelia biflora K001065798 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [103] New Caledonia Wedelia biflora K001065796 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia Wedelia biflora K001065797 Unknown Type Material Yes

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