Adina pilulifera

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Naucleeae
Genus: Adina
Species: Adina pilulifera
Name

Adina pilulifera (Lam.) Franch. ex Drake, J. Bot. (Morot) 9(11): 207 (1895)

Typus: Sonnerat s.n. (P-LA) fide Ridsdale (1978: 357).

Synonyms

(List may be incomplete)

Basionym
Cephalanthus pilulifer Lam., Encycl. 1: 678 (1785); as Cephalanthus pilulifera
Heterotypic
Adina globiflora Salisb., Parad. Lond. 2: t. 115 (1808); not accepted by Drake del Castillo (1895: 207), Ridsdale (1978: 357), Govaerts (1995, 2003) and Chen & Taylor (2011) [cited as Adina pilulifera]
Typus: J. Robertson s.n. ([November 1772]; BM-BM000945044).
Type locality: [China. Guangdong:] juxta Wampu[​Whampoa].
Nauclea adinoides Lindl., Bot. Reg. 11: t. 895 (1825), nota in text; not accepted by Ridsdale (1978: 357) and Govaerts (2003) [cited as Adina pilulifera]
Typus: not indicated.
Adina peduncularis DC., Prodr. 4: 349 (1830); not accepted by Ridsdale (1978: 357) and Govaerts (1995, 2003) [cited as Adina pilulifera]
Typus: see Nauclea adinoides.
Adina globiflora var. macrophylla Nakai, Trees & Shrubs Japan: 378 (1922)
Typus: Tashiro s.n. (not seen by Ridsdale 1978: 357).
Type locality: [Japan.] 九州[Kyushu].
Adina globiflora var. tonkinensis Pit., Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H. Lecomte et al.] 3: 39 (1922); not accepted by Ridsdale (1978: 357), Govaerts (1995, 2003) and Chen & Taylor (2011) [cited as Adina pilulifera]
Typus: H.F. Bon s.n. (syntypus; P), Simond s.n. (syntypus; P), Harmand s.n. (syntypus; P), Eberhardt s.n. (syntypus; P) and E. Poilane s.n. (syntypus; P).
Type locality: [Vietnam.]
Bon: Tonkin: vers Ninh-binh[​Ninh Bình].
Simond: Tonkin: vers Long-tchéou.
Harmand: Annam: entre Hué et le fleuve Mékong.
Eberhardt: Annam: Hai-mit.
Poilane: Annam: province de Thua-thien[​Thừa Thiên Huế province], Phu-son.
Nauclea nipponica Masam., Mem. Fac. Sc. & Agric. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 11(Bot. No. 4): 415 (1934); not accepted by Ridsdale (1978: 357) [cited as Adina globiflora]
Note: new name for Adina globiflora var. macrophylla Nakai
Adina pilulifera var. tonkinensis (Pit.) Merr. ex H.L.Li, J. Arnold Arbor. 25(3): 317 (1944); as tonkinense; not accepted by Ridsdale (1978: 357), Govaerts (1995, 2003) and Chen & Taylor (2011) [cited as Adina pilulifera]

Misapplied names

Cephalanthus orientalis auct. non L. (1753): Osbeck, Dagb. Ostind. Resa: 221, 242 (1757); L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 887 (1759)
Nauclea orientalis auct. non (L.) L. (1762): L., Gen. Pl., ed. 6.: 90 no 223 (1764)
Note: see Ridsdale (1978: 358).

Notes

Adina pubicostata Merr., which Ridsdale (1978: 358) had treated as a synonym of this species, was reinstated by Chen & Taylor (2011: 70).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: China
China South-Central (Guizhou, Yunnan), Hainan, China Southeast (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang)
Regional: Eastern Asia
Japan (Kyushu)
Continental: Asia-Tropical
Regional: Indo-China
Vietnam

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Lamarck, J.-B. 1783–1785. Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. Tome 1. XLIV+752 pp. Panckoucke, Paris; Plomteux, Liége. BHL Reference page.
Drake del Castillo, E. 1895. Contribution a la flore du Tonkin: Énumération des Rubiacées trouvées au Tonkin par M. Balansa en 1885–89. Journal de Botanique [Morot] 9: 206–212 (Gallica), 213–220 (Gallica). Reference page.

Additional references

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Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1764. Genera plantarum eorumque characteres naturales secundum numerum, figuram, situm, et proportionem omnium fructificationis partium. Editio sexta ab auctore reformata et aucta. Pp. [I]-XX, [1]-580, [1-44]. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page.
Salisbury, R.A. 1805(–1808). The Paradisus Londinensis: or coloured figures of plants cultivated in the vicinity of the metropolis. Vol. 1–2. BHL Reference page.
De Candolle, A.P. 1830. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 4: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. 683 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page.
Nakai, T. 1922. Trees and Shrubs Indigenous in Japan Proper. Vol. 1. 511 pp., Tokyo. BHL Reference page.
Pitard, J. 1922–1933. Rubiacées. Pp. 20–442. In: Lecomte, H., Humbert, H. & Gagnepain, F. (eds.), Flore générale de l'Indo-Chine. Tome troisième: Caprifoliacées à Apocynacées. Paris: Masson et Cie. BHL Reference page.
Li, H.-L. 1944. New or Noteworthy Plants from Southwestern China. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 25(3): 299–318. BHL Reference page.
Ridsdale, C.E. 1978. A revision of the tribe Naucleeae s.s. (Rubiaceae). Blumea 24(2): 307–366. PDF Reference page.
Govaerts, R.H.A. 1995. World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2). 483, 529 pp. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-341-0852-X (issue 1) ISBN 90-341-0853-8 (issue 2). Reference page.
Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page.
Chen Tao & Taylor, C.M. 2011. Adina pilulifera. Pp. 69–70 in Wu, Zh.Y. , Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 19: Cucurbitaceae through Valerianaceae, with Annonaceae and Berberidaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 978-1-935641-04-9. efloras PDFReference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Adina pilulifera in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 1. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Adina pilulifera in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 1. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Adina pilulifera. Published online. Accessed: 9 December 2021.
IUCN: Adina pilulifera (Lam.) Franch. ex Drake (Least Concern)
Tropicos.org 2021. Adina pilulifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 9 December 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Adina pilulifera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 9 December 2021.

Vernacular names
日本語: タニワタリノキ
中文: 水团花