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| All of the flollowing
species and varieties are usually referred to the nominate form of
Alyxia stellata, nevertheless they differ from each other. Because several authors assessing these forms in different ways, they will be mentioned here separate - as far as possible. |
| Alyxia fosbergii |
| syn. - |
| distribution: Pitcairn Islands: Henderson |
| local name: - |
| Alyxia latilimba |
| syn. - |
| distribution: Society Islands: Bora Bora, Mo'orea, Taha'a |
| local name: afifi - Society Islands maire mono'i - Society Islands tafifi - Society Islands tafifififi - Society Islands |
 left:Alyxia latilimba Photo: Ravahere Taputuarai; by courtesy of Ravahere Taputuarai http://moorea.berkeley.edu/content/rava-taputuarai |
| Alyxia linearifolia |
| syn. - |
| distribution: Fiji: Ovalau, Vanua Levu, Viti Levu, Waya |
| local name: - |
| Alyxia oliviformis |
| syn. - |
| distribution: Hawai'i Islands: Hawai'i, Kaho'olawe (ex), Lana'i, Maui, Moloka'i, Ni'ihau (ex), O'ahu |
| local name:
maile - Hawai'i Islands |
 left:Alyxia oliviformis Photo: by courtesy of Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) |
| Alyxia scandens |
| syn. Gynopogon scandens |
| distribution: Society Islands: Huahine, Mo'orea, Ra'iatea, Taha'a, Tahiti Tuamotu Archipelago: Makatea Pitcairn Islands: Pitcairn |
| local name: afifi - Society Islands maire - Tahiti / Society Islands; Makatea / Tuamotu Archipelago maire maatea - Makatea / Tuamotu Archipelago maire ma'atea - Tahiti / Society Islands maire makatea - Tahiti / Society Islands; Makatea / Tuamotu Archipelago maire monoi - Makatea / Tuamotu Archipelago maire mono'i - Society Islands monoi maire - Tahiti / Society Islands pitoa - Tahiti / Society Islands tafifi - Society Islands tafifififi - Society Islands |
| Alyxia stellata |
| syn. Alyxia stellata f. magnacarpa, Alyxia stellata f. rapensis, Gynopogon stellatus |
| distribution: (within
Polynesia) Austral Islands: Raivavae, Rapa, Rurutu, Tubuai Cook Islands: Mangaia, Ma'uke, Miti'aro, Rarotonga Fiji: Aiwa, Cikobia, Fulaga, Lakeba, Makodroga, Nairai, Ovalau, Qalito (Malolo), Totoya, Vanua Balavu, Waya, Yadua Taba Niue Samoa: 'Aunu'u, Namu'a, Nu'utele, Ofu, Olosega, Savai'i, Ta'u, Tutuila, 'Upolu Society Islands: Mo'orea, Ra'iatea, Tahiti Tonga: Ata, 'Eua, Niuafo'ou, Tongatapu Tuamotu Archipelago: Mangareva (Gambier Islands) Wallis and Futuna: Futuna, Uvea |
| local name: afifi - Society Islands ati - Austral Islands gau - Savai'i / Samoa lau mai'e - Samoa lau maile - Samoa maile - Austral Islands; Niue; 'Eua / Tonga maile raau - Austral Islands maire - Ma'uke, Miti'aro / Cook Islands; Tahiti / Society Islands maire atai - Austral Islands maire ko'atu - Mangaia / Cook Islands maire ma'atea - Tahiti / Society Islands maire makatea - Tahiti / Society Islands maire mono'i - Society Islands maire rakau - Rarotonga / Cook Islands ma'iro - Rotuma / Fiji monoi maire - Tahiti / Society Islands nau - Samoa pitoa - Tahiti / Society Islands tafifi - Society Islands tafifififi - Society Islands tutae kiore - Gambier Islands / Tuamotu Archipelago |
 left:Alyxia stellata Photo: J. F. Butaud http://www.herbier-tahiti.pf |
| Alyxia stellata var. amoena |
| syn. Alyxia amoena |
| distribution: Fiji: Ovalau, Viti Levu, Waya |
| local name: - |
| Alyxia stellata var. marquesensis |
| syn. Alyxia stellata f. marquesensis, Alyxia stellata var. deckeri, Alyxia stellata var. fatuhivensis |
| distribution: Marquesas: Fatu Hiva, Hiva Oa, Mohotani, Nuku Hiva, Tahuata, Ua Huka, Ua Pou |
| local name: mehe - Marquesas meie - Marquesas |
 left:Alyxia stellata var. marquesensis Photo: Kenneth R. Wood National Tropical Botanical Garden 3530 Papalina Road, Kalaheo HI 96741 USA http://www.ntbg.org |
| http://botany.si.edu/pacificislandbiodiversity/marquesasflora/index.htm |
| References: - Ph. Morat; J.-M. Veillon: Contribution à la connaissance de la végétation et de la flore de Wallis & Futuna. Bull. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat., Paris, 4e sér., 7, section B. Adansonia 3 : 259-329. 1985 - W. Arthur Whistler: Botanical inventory of the proposed Ta'u Unit of the National Park of American Samoa. Honolulu (HI): Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany. PCSU Technical Report, 83. 1992 - S. Waldren; J. Florence; A. J. Chepstow-Lusty: Rare and endemic vascular plants of the Pitcairn islands, south-central Pacific Ocean: a conservation appraisal. Biological Conservation 74 (1995) 83-98 - Albert C. Smith: Flora Vitiensis nova: A new flora of Fiji (spermatophytes only) Vol. 1-5. Hawaii, USA, Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden. 1979-1996 - Donald R. Drake; W. Arthur Whistler; Timothy J. Motley; Clyde T. Imada: Rain forest vegetation of 'Eua Island; Kingdom of Tonga. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1996, Vol. 34: 65-77 - J. Florence: New Species of Alyxia Banks ex R. Brown (Apocynaceae) and Glochidion J. R. & J. G. Forster (Euphorbiaceae) from the Pitcairn Islands (South East Pacific). Novon 7: 27-31. 1997 - Jean-François Butaud: Evaluation floristique des îles marquisiennes dans la perspective d'un classement au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO. 2009 |