Family 253. VERBENACEAE Callicarpa Linnaeus LUZON: Abra ...

ECOLOGY. Beaches, inland edge of mangrove swamps, grasslands, (littoral) forest andin secondary vegetation, often near water. Soil: sands or more rarely in clay, often overlimestone, coral, volcanic soils or shale, at 0 – 150 (– 1500) m altitude. In humid areasthe species is usually common at low altitudes, becoming rarer higher up. In dryer areasthe species can also be more common at high evaluation. Often a solitary tree butsometimes occurring in thickets. Flowering and fruiting all year round.ssp. litoralis Steen., Blumea 8 (1957) 516; --de Kok, Kew Bull. 63 (2008) 32. –Type from LesserSunda Isls, Kisar.Vitex trifolia var. simplicifolia Cham., Linnaea 7 (1832) 107. --Type: Chamisso s.n. (LE, holo (not seen; photoin K). Luzon: Cavite prov., Dec 1817-Jan 1818.Vitex trifolia var. ovata (Thunb.) Makino, Bot. Mag. Tokyo 17 (1903) 92; --Merr., EPFP 3 (1923) 397.Vitex rotundifolia L.f., Pl. Syst. Veg. (1781) 294; --YP Yang et al., Fl. Taiwan ed. 2, 4 (1998) 428.Vitex repens Blanco, Fl. Filip. (1837) 513; --Merr., Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 332. --Type: unknown.Japan, Ryukyus, Taiwan, China, Thailand, across Malesia, Australia (E coast) andPolynesia. Throughout the Philippines. On littoral sandy beach, common.Vitex turczaninowii Merr., Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 77; EPFP 3 (1923) 397; --Bramley etal. Taxon 58(2) (2009) 508; --Viticipremna philippinensis (Turcz.) HJ Lam, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz.3, 3 (1921) 47, non Vitex philippinensis Merr., For. Bur. Bull. 1 (1903) 52, [=Teijsmanniodendronpteropodum (Miq.) Bakh.]. –Type: Cuming 1294 (MEL, lecto, designated by Munir, in J. AdelaideBot. Gard. 7 (1985) 192; iso: BM, K, NY*, PNH). Philippines, no further locality data, 1841.Vitex cumingiana Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 31 (1858) 416. –Type: Cuming 1173 (MO*). Luzon.Vitex luzonica HJ Lam in HJ Lam & Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. 3, 3 (1921) 61; --Merr., EPFP 3 (1923)394. --Type: Ahern 706Q (BO, holo; iso: NY*). Luzon:BATANES, LUZON: Ilocos Sur, Pangasinan, Cagayan, Isabela, Bataan, Rizal, Laguna,Quezon, Camarines, Sorsogon, MINDORO, TICAO, LEYTE, MINDANAO: Agusan,Surigao. Lowland forests.Viticipremna HJ Lam =Vitex