Spiraeanthemum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Oxalidales

Familia: Cunoniaceae
Genus: Spiraeanthemum
Species: S. bougainvillense – S. brongniartianum – S. collinum – S. davidsonii – S. densiflorum – S. ellipticum – S. graeffei – S. integrifolium – S. katakata – S. macgillivrayi – S. meridionale – S. parvifolium – S. pedunculatum – S. pubescens – S. pulleanum – S. reticulatum – S. samoense – S. serratum – S. vitiense
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2020. Spiraeanthemum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 03. Reference page.

Name

Spiraeanthemum A.Gray, 1854

Type species: Spiraeanthemum samoense A. Gray. Lectotype designated by: Reference article Smith, A. C. 1952. ?. J. Arnold Arbor. 33: 139.

References
Primary references

Don, D., 1854. United States Exploring Expedition, 1838–1842 1(15): 666.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Spiraeanthemum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 03. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Spiraeanthemum. Published online. Accessed: Jan 03 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Spiraeanthemum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 03. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Spiraeanthemum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Jan 2020.

Vernacular names

Spiraeanthemum is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cunoniaceae. it includes about 19 species from Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa. Leaves are simple, opposite or whorled, with toothed or entire margins. Inflorescences are paniculate, flowers unisexual or hermaphrodite, and the fruits are follicular with free carpels. It belongs to the tribe Spiraeanthemeae,[1] and now includes the species formerly placed in Acsmithia.[2]
List of species

Australia

Spiraeanthemum davidsonii F. Muell.

New Guinea and Moluccas

Spiraeanthemum integrifolium Pulle
Spiraeanthemum parvifolium Schltr.
Spiraeanthemum pulleana Schltr.
Spiraeanthemum reticulatum Schltr.

Solomon Islands, New Britain, New Ireland and Bougainville

Spiraeanthemum bougainvillense Hoogland
Spiraeanthemum macgillivrayi Seem. subsp. kajewskii (Perry) Hoogland

Vanuatu

Spiraeanthemum macgillivrayi Seem. subsp. macgillivrayi

New Caledonia

Spiraeanthemum brongniartianum Schltr.
Spiraeanthemum collinum (Hoogland) Pillon
Spiraeanthemum densiflorum Brongn. & Gris
Spiraeanthemum ellipticum Vieill. ex Pamp.
Spiraeanthemum meridionale (Hoogland) Pillon
Spiraeanthemum pedunculatum Schltr.
Spiraeanthemum pubescens Pamp.

Fiji

Spiraeanthemum graeffei Seem.
Spiraeanthemum katakata Seem.
Spiraeanthemum serratum Gillespie
Spiraeanthemum vitiense A. Gray

Samoa

Spiraeanthemum samoense A. Gray

References

Bradford, J.C., Hopkins, H.CF., Barnes, R.W . (2004). Cunoniaceae. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Volume VI, Flowering plants, Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales. Springer, Heidelberg. p 91-111.
Pillon, Y., Hopkins, H. C., Munzinger, J., & Chase, M. W. (2009). A molecular and morphological survey of generic limits of Acsmithia and Spiraeanthemum (Cunoniaceae). Systematic Botany, 141-148.