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SEEDS PLANTS OF FIJI

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Ipomoea 9. Nr. s.l. – 750 m. Sandy beaches, arid shores, dunes, lagoon cliffs, strand<br />

along river, open forests, thickets etc. Limestone.<br />

(Aniseia (1, nr. s.l.) and Evolvulus (1, 50-100 m) were accepted as indigenous by<br />

van Balgooy, 1971).<br />

(172. Cuscutaceae (Convolvulaceae) 1/1<br />

Cuscuta 1. Nr. s.l. – 1050 m. ‘Presumably originally American’ (Smith). Accepted as<br />

indigenous by van Balgooy, 1971).<br />

173. Menyanthaceae 1/1<br />

Nymphoides 1. Nr. s.l. – 825 m.<br />

175. Scrophulariaceae 2/3<br />

Lindernia 1. Nr. s.l. – 300 m.<br />

Limnophila 2. Nr. s.l. – 200 m.<br />

(Scoparia (1, nr. s.l.– 200 m) was accepted by van Balgooy, 1971, as indigenous).<br />

176. Gesneriaceae 1/37<br />

Cyrtandra 37. Nr. s.l. (rarely – see, ‘Altitudinal anomalies’, above) – 1323 m.<br />

Usually in dense forest, often along creeks.<br />

177. Acanthaceae 2/4<br />

Graptophyllum (incl. Dyschoriste sp.) 3. Nr. s.l., open forest; near beach (Vatia Pt.,<br />

Ba, Koroiveibau, SUVA,) – 1200 m. Limestone.<br />

Pseuderanthemum 1. Nr. s.l. – 1150 m.<br />

181. Boraginaceae 2/3<br />

Cordia 2. Nr. s.l. only, inner edges of mangrove swamps strand, beach thickets, edge<br />

of forest along rocky shore. Limestone.<br />

Heliotropium (incl. Tournefortia, Argusia, Messerschmidia) 1. Nr. s.l. only, frequent<br />

in beach thickets, beach forest. ‘Can grow in almost pure sand… note corky<br />

development’ (Turbet, SUVA). Limestone. For taxonomy, see Riedl (1997) and<br />

Craven (2005).<br />

182. Verbenaceae 6/8<br />

Vitex 1. Nr. s.l., beach thickets, thickets along rivers, edge of mangrove swamps, along<br />

roadsides near the sea, rarely encroaching into forest, rarely inland – 250 m.<br />

Limestone.<br />

Viticipremna (incl. Vitex spp.) 1. 100 – 900 m. Dense forest, forest edges, occasionally<br />

open valleys.<br />

Premna 2. Nr. s.l. – 900 m. Beach thickets, dry lowland forest, rocky shores, edges of<br />

mangrove swamps, coconut plantations. Limestone.<br />

Faradaya 2. Nr. s.l. – 1150 m. Smith accepted five species for Fiji, de Kok and<br />

Mabberley (1999) only two – they synonymised F. ovalifolia, F. glabra, and F.<br />

vitiensis under F. amicorum, and F. ampliflora under F. huntei.<br />

Gmelina 1. 90 – 900 m. Dense forest.<br />

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