Published July 30, 2024 | Version v1
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Antidesma montanum Blume 1827

  • 1. Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810 - 193 Aveiro, Portugal
  • 2. Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810 - 193 Aveiro, Portugal & CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810 - 193 Aveiro, Portugal
  • 3. Science Department, Algae, Fungi and Plants Division, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK
  • 4. Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW 9 3 AB, United Kingdom
  • 5. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands; Institute of Biology Leiden, University of Leiden, P. O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands

Description

* Antidesma montanum Blume (1827: 1124)

Ecology: in primary and secondary evergreen to deciduous vegetation; in mixed dipterocarp forest; in riparian and littoral forest; in coastal forest and on beaches; in monsoon forest and teak-forest (“djatibosch” = Malay ‘Jati forest’), in Agathis forest; in bamboo groves; in peat swamp forest; in heath forest, thickets, grasslands and along roadsides, waste land (Malay: “belukar”); also in mossy montane forest; usually in understorey; from deep shade to total exposure; on dry to wet or seasonally flooded ground; common in most places, with extremely high ecological amplitude; it is the dominant species in inland Krakatau (Whittaker, pers. comm.); on sand, clay, loam, peat, volcanic and ultrabasic soil, over limestone, sandstone or granite; elevation: sea level up to 2000 m (Hoffmann 2006).

Distribution: India (incl. Andaman & Nicobar Islands), Bhutan, Bangladesh, China, Taiwan, Japan (only Ryukyu Islands), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, Australia, southern (only Prince of Wales Island) (Hoffmann 2006).

Specimens examined: Timor —{loc. not specified}, 1881, Forbes, H. O. 3725 (BM [BM015176356], L [L.2186179]); Timor Leste: Lautém, c. 6 km west of Lore, [8°40’13” S, 126°58’28” E], 26 February 2006, Cowie, I.D. & Pinto, P. 10976 (L [L.2186182]); footslopes of Mt. Paitxau range, [8°28’31” S, 127°10’06” E], 28 October 2006, Cowie, I.D. & Santana F. 11341 (L [L.3784521]); [Mehara area, 8°27’47” S, 127°10’33” E], 2 October 2005, Cowie, I.D. 10688 (L [L.2186181]); Manufahi, [Bubususu, 8°54’52” S, 125°47’00” E], 1881, Forbes, H. O. 4077 (BM [BM015176355], L [L.2186180]); Viqueque, [Luca, 8°56’ S, 126°15’ E], 8 May 1970, Metzner, J. 148 (L [L.2186140]).

Red List Assessment: Least Concern.

Notes

Published as part of Simão, Inês F., Silveira, Paulo C., Wajer, Jacek, Schuiteman, André & Welzen, Peter Van, 2024, Checklist of the Timorese Euphorbiaceae and related families, pp. 123-149 in Phytotaxa 661 (2) on page 139, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.661.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13218376

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BM, L , L
Material sample ID
BM015176355 , BM015176356
Event date
1970-05-08 , 2005-10-02 , 2006-02-26 , 2006-10-28
Verbatim event date
1970-05-08 , 2005-10-02 , 2006-02-26 , 2006-10-28
Scientific name authorship
Blume
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Phyllanthaceae
Genus
Antidesma
Species
montanum
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Antidesma montanum Blume, 1827 sec. Simão, Silveira, Wajer, Schuiteman & Welzen, 2024

References

  • Blume, C. L. (1827) Bijdragen tot de Flora van Nederlandsch Indie 17. Lands Drukkerij, Batavia, 1169 pp.
  • Hoffmann, P. (2006) Antidesma in Malesia and Thailand. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 292 pp.