SEEDS PLANTS OF FIJI

(1969) (see comments above, under ‘Biogeography and species concepts’) accepted
only two species for Fiji.
Aglaia 10. Nr. s.l. – 1200 m. Limestone. Pannell (1992) synonymised A. elegans, A.
venusta and A. greenwoodii under A. basiphylla, and A. axillaris and A. vitiensis var.
minor under typical A. vitiensis. A. haplophylla was renamed A. unifolia.
Dysoxylum 9. Edges of mangrove swamps, – 1150 m. Limestone. Mabberley et al.
(1995) accepted 9 species, 7 endemic, in Fiji (Smith had 9 species, all endemic).
Xylocarpus 2. Inner edges of mangrove swamps, rocky and sandy beaches, coastal
thickets, littoral forest, along rivers, riverine islands, – 20 m. Limestone. For
taxonomy, see Mabberley et al. (1995).
140. Sapindaceae 13/21
Cardiospermum 1. Nr. s.l. – 200 m. Smith considered the species to be indigenous,
Leenhouts (in Adema et al. 1994) regarded it as introduced.
Allophylus 2. Nr. s.l. – 100 m. Limestone. Smith accepted two Fijian species; Adema
et al. (1994) followed Leenhouts (1968) in regarding the genus as ‘probably
monotypic’.
Sapindus 1. Nr. s.l. along rocky shores – 200 m.
Pometia 1. Nr. s.l. – 300 m. Limestone.
Alectryon 2. 30 – 700 m. Limestone.
Guioa 3. Nr. s.l. – 1195 m. Limestone. Van Welzen (1989) synonymised one of the
species accepted by Smith (G. capillacea, under G. chrysea) and described one new
species, G. punctata, a Fiji endemic recorded from 0 – 2300 m. The last altitude is
impossible; perhaps 2300’ is correct.
Arytera 1. Nr. s.l., along coasts, mangrove at high water mark (Denarau, Buabua I.,
Vodonaivalu, SUVA) – 1050 m. Limestone. Turner’s (1995) revision confirmed
Smith’s treatment.
Cupaniopsis 4. Nr. s.l. – 1200 m. Adema’s (1991) revision confirmed Smith’s
treatment.
Elattostachys 2. Nr. s.l. – 1100 m. Limestone.
Koelreuteria 1. 50 – 825 m. Open forest, dry, secondary forest.
Cossignia 1. 100 – 200 m. Forest or edge of open forest.
Dodonaea 1. Nr. s.l., sea cliffs – 1100 m. Limestone.
Harpullia 1. Nr. s.l. – 100 m. Limestone.
141. Coriariaceae 1/1
Coriaria 1. 550 – 1241 m. Thickets, forest-grassland transition, rocky banks. Smith
treated the Fiji species in C. ruscifolia, widespread from New Guinea to the
Americas. Yokoyama et al. (2000) instead regarded Solomons-Fiji-Samoa plants as a
distinct, unnamed species.
142. Oxalidaceae 1/1
Oxalis 1. One collection only (Mt. Evans Ra.), 100 m.
144. Araliaceae 4/16
Meryta 1. 750 – 800 m. Montane high forest (Lowry 1988).
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