Ochrosia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Rauvolfioideae
Tribus: Vinceae
Subtribus: Ochrosiinae
Genus: Ochrosia
Species: O. ackeringae – O. acuminata – O. alyxioides – O. apoensis – O. balansae – O. basistamina – O. bodenheimarum – O. borbonica – O. brevituba – O. brownii – O. citrodora – O. coccinea – O. compta – O. elliptica – O. fatuhivensis – O. ficifolia – O. glomerata – O. grandiflora – O. haleakalae – O. hexandra – O. inventorum – O. iwasakiana – O. kauaiensis – O. kilaueaensis – O. kilneri – O. lifuana – O. mariannensis – O. miana – O. minima – O. moorei – O. mulsantii – O. nakaiana – O. newelliana – O. novocaledonica – O. oppositifolia – O. poweri – O. sciadophylla – O. sevenetii – O. silvatica – O. solomonensis – O. syncarpa – O. tenimberensis – O. thiollierei – O. vitiensis
Name

Ochrosia Juss., Gen. Pl.: 144. (1789)

Type species: Ochrosia borbonica J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis]: 439 (1791)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Calpicarpum G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 100 (1837)
Lactaria Raf., Sylva Tell. 162. (1838)
Neisosperma Raf., Sylva Tell. 162. (1838)
Diderota Comm. ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 356 (1844)
Pseudochrosia Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 158 (1850)
Bleekeria Hassk., Retzia 1: 38. (1855)
Ochrosion St.-Lag., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 131 (1880), orth. var.
Excavatia Markgr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 61: 194. (1927)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Chagos Archipelago, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles.
Asia-Temperate
China
China Southeast.
Eastern Asia
Kazan-retto, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto.
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Laccadive Islands, Maldives, Sri Lanka.
Indo-China
Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Nicobar Islands, South China Sea, Thailand, Vietnam.
Malesia
Borneo,Cocos Islands, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Christmas Isle.
Papuasia
Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Australasia
Australia
Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Queensland.
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Nauru, Niue, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Islands.
South-Central Pacific
Line Islands, Marquesas, Society Islands, Tubuai Islands.
Northwestern Pacific
Caroline Islands, Marianas, Marshall Islands.
North-Central Pacific
Hawaii.

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

Jussieu, A.L. de 1789. Genera Plantarum 144–145.

Additional references

Flora of China 2008. 'eFloras. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2009 Aug 21 [1].

Links

Emonocot.org 2018. Ochrosia in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 October 22.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Ochrosia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 October 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ochrosia. Published online. Accessed: 22 October 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Ochrosia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 October 22.
Tropicos.org 2018. Ochrosia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 October 22.

Vernacular names

English: Yellowwood
lietuvių: Gelstis
中文: 玫瑰树属

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]

Species[5]

Ochrosia ackeringae (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq. –, Indonesia, Philippines, Papuasia, Christmas Island
Ochrosia acuminata Trimen ex Valeton - Sulawesi
Ochrosia alyxioides Guillaumin - Vanuatu
Ochrosia apoensis Elmer - Luzon, Mindanao
Ochrosia balansae (Guillaumin) Baill. ex Guillaumin - New Caledonia
Ochrosia basistamina Hendrian - Sulawesi
Ochrosia bodenheimarum Guillaumin - Vallée de la Toutouta in New Caledonia
Ochrosia borbonica J.F.Gmel. – Mauritius + Réunion; naturalized in Guangdong
Ochrosia brevituba Boiteau - New Caledonia
Ochrosia brownii (Fosberg & Sachet) Lorence & Butaud - Nuku Hiva in Marquesas (extinct in the wild)
Ochrosia citrodora K.Schum. & Lauterb. - New Guinea
Ochrosia coccinea (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq. - Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands; naturalized in Guangdong
Ochrosia compta K.Schum., Hōlei – Hawaii (Maui, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi)[7]
Ochrosia elliptica Labill. – Lord Howe Island, Queensland, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Nauru; naturalized in Guangdong + Taiwan
Ochrosia fatuhivensis Fosberg & Sachet – Fatu Hiva in Marquesas but extinct[8]
Ochrosia ficifolia (S.Moore) Markgr. - New Guinea
Ochrosia glomerata (Blume) F.Muell. - Borneo, Sulawesi, Philippines, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
Ochrosia grandiflora Boit. – New Caledonia
Ochrosia haleakalae H.St.John, Hōlei – Maui + island of Hawaiʻi (so-called Big Island) in Hawaiian Islands
Ochrosia hexandra Koidz. - Kazan-retto ( = Volcano Islands of Japan)
Ochrosia inventorum L.Allorge – New Caledonia
Ochrosia iwasakiana (Koidz.) Koidz. ex Masam. ( = Ryukyu Islands of Japan)
Ochrosia kauaiensis H.St.John, Hōlei – Kauaʻi in Hawaiian Islands
†Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John, Hōlei – island of Hawaiʻi (so-called Big Island) in Hawaiian Islands, but extinct
Ochrosia kilneri F.Muell. - Queensland
Ochrosia lifuana Guillaumin - Loyalty Islands + Isle of Pines in New Caledonia
Ochrosia mariannensis A.DC. - Mariana Islands
Ochrosia miana Baill. ex Guillaumin – New Caledonia
Ochrosia minima (Markgr.) Fosberg & Boiteau – Queensland, Papua New Guinea
Ochrosia moorei (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. – Queensland, New South Wales
Ochrosia mulsantii Montrouz. – New Caledonia
Ochrosia nakaiana (Koidz.) Koidz. ex H.Hara - Ogasawara-shoto ( = Bonin Islands of Japan)
Ochrosia newelliana F.M.Bailey – Queensland
Ochrosia novocaledonica Däniker – New Caledonia
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
Ochrosia poweri F.M.Bailey - Queensland, New South Wales
Ochrosia sciadophylla Markgr - Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands
Ochrosia sevenetii Boiteau - New Guinea
Ochrosia silvatica Däniker – New Caledonia
Ochrosia solomonensis (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Fosberg & Boiteau - Solomon Islands
Ochrosia syncarpa Markgr. - Bali, Lombok, Timor, Flores
Ochrosia tahitensis Laness. ex Pichon – Tahiti
Ochrosia tenimberensis Markgr. - Tanimbar Islands

formerly included

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

References

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.
Mueller, Ferdinand von (July 1871). "Apocyneæ Ochrosia Kilneri (Sect. Echinocaryon.)". Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ. 7 (56): 129–131. Retrieved 3 Nov 2013 – via Biodiversity Library.
Hendrian (May 2004). "Revision of Ochrosia (Apocynaceae) in Malesia". Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants. 49 (1): 101–128. doi:10.3767/000651904X486223.
"Ochrosia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-03-14. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 163 玫瑰树属 mei gui shu shu Ochrosia Jussieu, Gen. Pl. 144. 1789.
"Ochrosia compta". Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Database. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
Florence, J. 1998. Ochrosia fatuhivensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.