SEEDS PLANTS OF FIJI

five species, Middleton (2002) only three – he synonymised A. ovalifolia and three
varieties of A. bracteolosa under typical A. bracteolosa, and A. linearifolia under A.
stellata.
Alstonia (incl. Rejoua sp.) 1. Beach thickets – 1195 m. Limestone. Smith recognised
three species in Fiji, but Sidiyasa (1998) synonymised A. vitiensis and A. montana
under A. costata. A. pacifica, also accepted by Smith, is Taberbaemontana.
Tabernaemontana (= Alstonia p.p.) 1. Coastal thickets – 1000 m. See Leeuwenberg
(1991) for taxonomy.
Carruthersia (incl. Rejoua sp.) 2. Nr. s. l. – 1000 m. Smith recognised three species,
Middleton (1997) only two – he synonymized C. macrantha under C. latifolia.
Cerbera 1. Mangrove/beach transition (Guppy 1906: 551), beach thickets, – 1000 m.
Pagiantha 1. 30 – 1100 m. Dense forest or on its margins.
Ervatamia 1 Nr. s.l., along coasts, – 900 m, often on limestone
Parsonsia 2. Nr. s.l. – 840 m.
166. Asclepiadaceae 3/9
Tylophora (incl. Gymnema spp.) 4. Beach thickets, rocky coastal habitat, – 1050 m.
Leichardtia 1. 60 – 250 m. Dry thickets, thin forest on cliffs, sunny ledges.
Hoya 4. Beach thickets, mangrove swamps, sea cliffs, rocky shores, – 1323 m.
Limestone.
167. Oleaceae 2/7
Jasminum 6. Nr. s.l., rocks along arid coast, forested ravines, forest edge on rocky
coast, – 1150 m. Limestone.
Chionanthus (incl. Linociera spp.) 1. Nr. s.l. – 1130 m.
168. Rubiaceae 32/167
Guettarda 2. G. speciosa is nr. s.l. and ‘scarcely higher’, on sea cliffs, lagoon cliffs,
rocky shores, limestone, and in beach thickets and lowland forest; G. wayaensis
(Gardner 1997) occurs at s.l. – 200 m.
Antirhea 2. Edges of mangrove swamps, often on limestone, – 550 m.
Timonius 2. Rocky limestone islets, lagoon cliffs, – 1160 m. T. affinis is
morphologically ‘highly suggestive of mangroves’ (Smith).
Neonauclea 1. Nr. s.l. – 1000 m.
Dolicholobium 3. Edges of mangrove swamps, sand dunes, – 1150 m.
Augusta (incl. Lindenia) 1. Nr. s.l. – 100 m. Generic placement follows Rova et al.
(2002). Smith & Darwin (in Smith) and Jaffré et al. (2001) regarded Fiji and New
Caledonia populations as distinct species. Van Steenis (1981) considered them to be
subspecies.
Bikkia 1. Nr. s. l. – 900 m. Rocky coasts, sea cliffs, lagoon cliffs. Usually (?always)
on limestone.
Badusa 1. Nr. s.l. – 900 m, often on limestone.
Mussaenda 1. Nr. s.l. – 1050 m. Limestone.
Gardenia 9. Nr. s.l., sea cliffs, lagoon cliffs, rocky islets, limestone (G. taitensis), –
1200 m.
Atractocarpus (incl. Sukunia and Porterandia) 2. Nr. s.l. – 900 m. Dense or dry forest.
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