You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
four main islands of Samoa. The N Vanuatu – Viti Levu disjunction is seen in many<br />
groups, as is the conspicuous absence in New Guinea between N Solomons and<br />
the Vogelkop.<br />
Phyllanthus 5. s.l. – 1127 m. Limestone. The four woody species were revised and<br />
mapped by Webster (1986). Smith regarded the herb P. virgatus as an aboriginal<br />
introduction from Asia or Malesia, but Webster pointed out that E Melanesian plants<br />
are morphologically similar to E Polynesian plants, but differ from those of<br />
mainland Asia.<br />
Glochidion 17. s.l., lagoon cliffs, – 1155 m. Limestone.<br />
Bischofia 1. Nr. s.l. – 900 m.<br />
Austrobuxus 1. 100 – 600 m (central Vanua Levu). Forest, patches of forest, hillside<br />
slopes.<br />
Macaranga 9. Nr. s.l. – 1195 m.<br />
Cleidion 1. Nr. s.l., sometimes nr. beaches, – 1050 m. Limestone.<br />
Claoxylon 3. Nr. s.l. – 1195 m.<br />
Acalypha 5. Nr. s.l., coastal thickets – 1175 m. Limestone. Smith (Addenda) did not<br />
accept proposed infraspecific taxa within A. amentacea (= A. grandis).<br />
Mallotus 1. Coastal thickets – 580 m.<br />
Endospermum 2. Nr. mangrove swamps, in thickets, – 900 m.<br />
Codiaeum 1. Beach thickets – 600 m.<br />
Croton 4. Nr. s.l. – 1030 m. Limestone cliffs (Kabara). Webster (1993) revised the<br />
sectional classification of the genus.<br />
Homalanthus (= Omalanthus) 1. Beach thickets – 1120 m. The spelling follows<br />
Radcliffe-Smith (2001).<br />
Excoecaria 3. Mangrove swamps, beach thickets, – 1100 m. Limestone.<br />
Stillingia 1. Nr. s.l., coastal thickets, limestone cliffs.<br />
Euphorbia 1. Nr. s.l. – 550 m.<br />
Chamaesyce 1. Rocky shores and islets, sea cliffs, beaches – 400 m. Limestone.<br />
(Aporosa: the record of this in van Balgooy, 1971, refers to a Cyrtandra; cf. van<br />
Balgooy 1993).<br />
92. Gonystylaceae 1/1<br />
Gonystylus 1. 100 m (Wailoku, Vodonaivalu, SUVA) – 900 m. Dense, sometimes<br />
secondary forest.<br />
93. Thymelaeaceae 2/10<br />
Phaleria 9. Sea cliffs, at their bases, beach thickets, – 1195 m. Limestone.<br />
Wikstroemia 1. Nr. s.l., lagoon cliffs – 1195 m. Limestone.<br />
95. Barringtoniaceae 1/4<br />
Barringtonia 4. Inner edges of mangrove swamps, beaches, coastal thickets, beach<br />
forest – 600 m. Limestone.<br />
96. Rhizophoraceae 3/8<br />
Rhizophora 3 (incl. R. x selala). Mangrove swamps, beaches. Limestone. Ding Hou<br />
13
Change language