SEEDS PLANTS OF FIJI

on Vanua Balavu). P. decipiens was synonymised under P. neriifolius by de
Laubenfels (1985) and by Doyle (1998). P. neriifolius var. degeneri was
synonymised under var. neriifolius by Doyle (1998) but accepted at species rank by
de Laubenfels (1985) (in a separate section from P. neriifolius) and by Bobrov &
Melikjan (1998). P. neriifolius was mapped by de Laubenfels (1988). Margbensonia
was described by Bobrov & Melikjan (1998).
3. Araucariaceae 1/1
Agathis 1. Nr. s.l., mangrove edge at Dogotuki, Macuata (G. Keppel, pers. comm.), –
1150 m. Whitmore (1980) (not cited by Smith) and T. Waters (pers. comm.) regard
the Fijian species as shared with Vanuatu.
6. Gnetaceae 1/1
Gnetum 1. Nr. s.l., coastal forest, often on limestone, – 850 m.
23 families, 135 genera, and 295 species.
MONOCOTYLEDONS
9. Hydrocharitaceae 2/3
Hydrilla 1. Only nr. s.l. Generally in freshwater.
Halophila 2. In saltwater. Probably represented in Fiji by a greater number of
individual plants than any other phanerogam (Smith). On muddy areas near
mangrove swamps (H. ovalis), on sand and rocky limestone reefs (H. minor). The
seagrasses have been described and mapped by Phillips & Meñez (1988).
11. Ruppiaceae 1/1
Ruppia 1. Brackish estuaries, etc.
12. Cymodoceaceae 2/3
Halodule 2. Submerged marine plants. Coral sand, limestone, mudflats off mangrove-
lined shores.
Syringodium 1. Submerged marine plants. Mudflats, fringing reef, limestone.
13. Triuridaceae 1/2
Sciaphila (incl. Andruris) 2. 30 – 430 m. Forest. Limestone. For taxonomy, see van
Meerendonk (1984).
14. Liliaceae 1/1
Collospermum 1. 250 – 1323 m. Dense forest, dense thickets and crest and ridge
forest.
14a. Phormiaceae (see ‘Addenda’, Smith vol. 5) 2/2
Dianella 1. Nr. s.l. – 1075 m. Limestone.
Rhuacophila 1. 800 – 1323 m. Light forest (Namuamua, Namosi, Vodonaivalu,
SUVA), open hillside (Nadarivatu, Parham, SUVA).
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