Alyxia reinwardtii
Content
Description
Ground creepers or climbers.
Branchlets terete, weakly or strongly angled, densely lenticellate or not, glabrous to sparsely or densely puberulent.
Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3-5;
Inflorescence axillary or terminal, most frequently a simple unbranched pleiochasium, occasionally with a terminal compound pleiochasium with 1 or 2 nodes, much more rarely more complex with 1 or 2 internodes and branched or unbranched side branches, glabrous to puberulent in upper parts or all over, 1-3.5 cm long;
Sepals free, not fleshy, linear, ovate or narrowly ovate, 1-3.5 by 0.4-1.8 mm, 1.2-3.8 times as long as wide, apex obtuse to acuminate, ciliate, glabrous or sparsely to densely puberulent all over or puberulent on tips only.
Stamens inserted at 2.7-9.4 mm from corolla base which is 0.67-0.87 of tube length;
Ovaries 0.4-1.2 mm high, glabrous, pubescent all over or pubescent around base only;
Fruit maturing black;
Seeds 4.6-11 by 3.9-6.7 by 3-6.2 mm.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Cambodia (Cambodia present); Jawa (Jawa present); Laos (Laos present); Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present, Singapore present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present); Vietnam (Vietnam present), Burma present, Palawan present, southern China present
Southern China, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam; in Malesia: Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Philippines (Palawan), Java, Bali.
Taxonomy
A discussion of the typification of this widespread species can be found in Middleton (2000). As this species is so variable it is not easily delimited from its nearest relatives A. angustifolia, A. ganophylla and A. pilosa, all of which can also be quite variable. Specimens with the smallest flowers are found in northern Peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand. Even greater variability in A. reinwardtii is found in continental Southeast Asia.
Citation
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Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 230
Merr. 1934 – In: Contr. Arnold Arbor.: 144
I.M. Turner 1993 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 45: 35
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D.J. Middleton 1999 – In: Fl. Thailand: 55
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Hook.f. 1882 – In: Fl. Brit. India: 636
I.M. Turner 1997 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 47: 124
Miq. 1857 – In: Fl. Ned. Ind.: 407
Masam. 1942: Enum. Phan. Born.: 618
Kerr 1939 – In: Craib, Fl. Siam. 2: 431
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M.R. Hend. 1959 – In: Malay. Wild Fls.: 279
Markgr. 1977 – In: Blumea: 383
Ying & P.T. Li 1983 – In: Fl. Yunnan.: 521
Merr. 1921: Bibliogr. Enum. Born. Pl.: 499
Blume 2001 – In: PROSEA: 72
Pierre ex Pit. 1933 – In: Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 1127
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 334
A.DC. 1844 – In: Prodr.: 346
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 230
Tsiang & P.T. Li 1977 – In: Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin.: 69
Hochr. 1934 – In: Candollea: 179
I.M. Turner 1997 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 47: 123
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I.M. Turner 1997 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 47: 124
Kress et al. 2003: Checklist Pl. Myanmar: 147
Hook.f. 1882 – In: Fl. Brit. India: 635
A.DC. 1844 – In: Prodr.: 347
Pierre ex Pit. 1933 – In: Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 1126
Markgr. 1977 – In: Blumea: 386
Kerr 1939 – In: Craib, Fl. Siam. 2: 432
Hochr. 1931 – In: Candollea: 179
Tsiang 1936 – In: Sunyatsenia: 136
Lý 1986 – In: Feddes Repert.: 435
Merr. 1921: Bibliogr. Enum. Born. Pl.: 499
Merr. 1934 – In: Contr. Arnold Arbor.: 144
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 333
I.M. Turner 1997 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 47: 123
I.M. Turner 1993 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 45: 35
King & Gamble 1907 – In: J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 417
Masam. 1942: Enum. Phan. Born.: 618
Merr. & Rolfe 1908 – In: Philipp. J. Sci.: 121
Masam. 1942: Enum. Phan. Born.: 618
Miq. 1857 – In: Fl. Ned. Ind.: 408
Fl. Ned. Ind. 1861: Eerste Bijv.: 228
M. Gangop. & Chakr. 1992 – In: J. Econ. Taxon. Bot.: 32
King & Gamble 1907 – In: J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 418
P.T. Li 1990 – In: J. S. China Agric. Coll.: 27
Boerl. 1899 – In: Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 393
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Markgr. 1977 – In: Blumea: 385
Fl. Ned. Ind. 1861: Eerste Bijv.: 228
P.T. Li et al. 1995 – In: Fl. China: 160
Kerr 1939 – In: Craib, Fl. Siam. 2: 432
Wall. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl.: 328
Merr. 1921: Bibliogr. Enum. Born. Pl.: 499
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Tsiang & P.T. Li 1977 – In: Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin.: 72
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I.M. Turner 1997 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 47: 123
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 230
King & Gamble 1907 – In: J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 420
Kerr 1939 – In: Craib, Fl. Siam. 2: 432
Hook.f. 1882 – In: Fl. Brit. India: 636
Lý 1986 – In: Feddes Repert.: 435
Ridl. 1911 – In: J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc.: 129
I.M. Turner 1997 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 47: 124