SEEDS PLANTS OF FIJI

Limestone. For taxonomy, see Puttock & Quinn (1999) and Puttock (1999).
Aidia (incl. Pelagodendron) 1. Nr. s. l. – ‘few hundred’ m. For taxonomy, see
Puttock & Quinn (1999) and Puttock (2001).
Tarenna 3. Edge of mangrove swamp, littoral forest, coastal thickets, – 450 m.
Limestone.
Ixora 22. (21 endemic, many allopatric). Beach thickets, lagoon cliffs – 1240 m.
Several species on limestone.
Airosperma 2. 50 – 1200 m. Usually dense forest.
Psydrax (incl. Canthium spp.) 1. Beach thickets, lagoon cliffs, frequently on
limestone, – 1200 m.
Cyclophyllum (incl. Canthium spp.) 3. Coastal forests and thickets, – 1030
m. Limestone.
Mastixiodendron 3. Nr. s.l., often along coasts, – 1200 m.
Hydnophytum 3. Edges of mangrove swamps – 1127 m.
Squamellaria 3. 200 – 900 m. Dense forest. Huxley & Jebb (1991) described a new
subtribe Hydnophytineae, including Hydnophytum and Squamellaria. Nepokroeff et
al. (1999) showed that members of this subtribe should be included in Psychotria,
but new combinations do not appear to have been made
Geophila 1. Nr. s.l. – 600 m. Limestone.
Margaritopsis (incl. Readea) 1. Nr. s.l. – 1100 m. For taxonomy, see Andersson
(2001, 2002).
Gillespiea 1. Endemic genus (S. Vanua Levu). 300 – 881 m. Dense forest.
Calycosia 4. Nr. s.l. – 1160 m.
Hedstromia 1. Endemic genus (Vanua Levu, Taveuni and Lau). Nr. s. l. – 300 m.
Psychotria 78 (74 endemic). Nr. s.l., beach thickets, limestone forest, rocky slopes
above mangrove swamp (P. brackenridgei), – 1323 m. One new species was
described by Gardner (1997). The single Fiji species treated by Smith in
Amaracarpus was placed provisionally in Psychotria by Davis & Bridson (2004).
Morinda 4. Edges of mangrove swamps, beach forest, – 1323 m. Limestone.
Gynochtodes 1. s.l. – 900 m. Frequently on limestone.
Ophiorrhiza 3. Tidal marshes, inner edges of mangrove swamps, – 1280 m.
Limestone.
Xanthophytum 1. 150 – 1030 m. Dense forest, ridge thicket. The genus was revised by
Axelius (1990) who mapped the Fiji-Vanuatu species.
Hedyotis 4. Nr. s.l., on rocky islets and bare limestone, arid rocks along coasts, – 970
m.
Coprosma 1. 50 –1240 m. Open forest, hillside thicket.
170. Solanaceae 1/3
Solanum 3. Nr. s.l. – 1150 m. Limestone.
171. Convolvulaceae 4/14
Operculina 1. Nr. s.l. – 200 m.
Merremia 3. Nr. s.l. – 400 m. The record from a swamp at 1-3 m (Koroiveibau,
SUVA) seems to indicate a maritime habitat.
Stictocardia 1. Coastal areas. No other altitudinal information.
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