Ochrosia Explained

Ochrosia is a genus of flowering plants, first described in 1789. It is in the family Apocynaceae, native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.^{[1] [2]}

Species^[1]

1. Ochrosia ackeringae – Indonesia, Philippines, Papuasia, Christmas Island
2. Ochrosia acuminata Trimen ex Valeton – Sulawesi
3. Ochrosia alyxioides Guillaumin – Vanuatu
4. Ochrosia apoensis Elmer – Luzon, Mindanao
5. Ochrosia balansae (Guillaumin) Baill. ex Guillaumin – New Caledonia
6. Ochrosia basistamina Hendrian – Sulawesi
7. Ochrosia bodenheimarum Guillaumin – Vallée de la Toutouta in New Caledonia
8. Ochrosia borbonica – Mauritius + Réunion; naturalized in Guangdong
9. Ochrosia brevituba Boiteau – New Caledonia
10. Ochrosia brownii (Fosberg & Sachet) Lorence & Butaud – Nuku Hiva in Marquesas (extinct in the wild)
11. Ochrosia citrodora K.Schum. & Lauterb. – New Guinea
12. Ochrosia coccinea (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq. – Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands; naturalized in Guangdong
13. Ochrosia compta, Hōlei – Hawaii (Maui, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi)
14. Ochrosia elliptica – Lord Howe Island, Queensland, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Nauru; naturalized in Guangdong + Taiwan
15. Ochrosia fatuhivensis – Fatu Hiva in Marquesas but extinct^[3]
16. Ochrosia ficifolia (S.Moore) Markgr. – New Guinea
17. Ochrosia glomerata – Borneo, Sulawesi, Philippines, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
18. Ochrosia grandiflora – New Caledonia
19. Ochrosia haleakalae, Hōlei – Maui + island of Hawaiʻi (so-called Big Island) in Hawaiian Islands
20. Ochrosia hexandra Koidz. – Kazan-retto (= Volcano Islands of Japan)
21. Ochrosia inventorum L.Allorge – New Caledonia
22. Ochrosia iwasakiana (Koidz.) Koidz. ex Masam. (= Ryukyu Islands of Japan)
23. Ochrosia kauaiensis, Hōlei – Kauaʻi in Hawaiian Islands
24. †Ochrosia kilaueaensis, Hōlei – island of Hawaiʻi (so-called Big Island) in Hawaiian Islands, but extinct
25. Ochrosia kilneri F.Muell. – Queensland
26. Ochrosia lifuana Guillaumin – Loyalty Islands + Isle of Pines in New Caledonia
27. Ochrosia mariannensis A.DC. – Mariana Islands
28. Ochrosia miana Baill. ex Guillaumin – New Caledonia
29. Ochrosia minima – Queensland, Papua New Guinea
30. Ochrosia moorei – Queensland, New South Wales
31. Ochrosia mulsantii Montrouz. – New Caledonia
32. Ochrosia nakaiana (Koidz.) Koidz. ex H.Hara – Ogasawara-shoto (= Bonin Islands of Japan)
33. Ochrosia newelliana F.M.Bailey – Queensland
34. Ochrosia novocaledonica Däniker – New Caledonia
35. Ochrosia oppositifolia – Seychelles, Chagos Islands, Sri Lanka, Maldive Islands, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, W Malaysia, Indonesia, Papuasia, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia, Line Islands, Micronesia
36. Ochrosia poweri F.M.Bailey – Queensland, New South Wales
37. Ochrosia sciadophylla Markgr – Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands
38. Ochrosia sevenetii Boiteau – New Guinea
39. Ochrosia silvatica Däniker – New Caledonia
40. Ochrosia solomonensis (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Fosberg & Boiteau – Solomon Islands
41. Ochrosia syncarpa Markgr. – Bali, Lombok, Timor, Flores
42. Ochrosia tahitensis – Tahiti
43. Ochrosia tenimberensis Markgr. – Tanimbar Islands

formerly included

1. Ochrosia nukuhivensis = Rauvolfia nukuhivensis (Fosberg & Sachet) Lorence & Butaud
2. Ochrosia sandwicensis A.DC. = Rauvolfia sandwicensis A.DC.
3. Ochrosia tuberculata (Vahl) Pichon = Rauvolfia sandwicensis A.DC.

External links

• Web site: holei . . Hawaii Ethnobotany Online Database .

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=136688 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=122595 Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 163 玫瑰树属 mei gui shu shu Ochrosia Jussieu, Gen. Pl. 144. 1789.
3. Lorence, D.H. . Butaud, J.-F. . 2020 . Ochrosia fatuhivensis . 2020 . e.T35043A43524478 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T35043A43524478.en . 16 November 2021.