Pullea glabra var. glabra
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Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Maluku (Maluku present), Morotai present, Pacific: Fiji (Fiji present), including Japen present, those of Milne Bay Province present
Fiji (see Note) and Malesia: widespread in New Guinea and adjoining islands (including Japen and those of Milne Bay Province), and probably on Morotai, Moluccas. Material from the latter locality is sterile and placed in P. glabra on the basis of its venation, though it is otherwise similar to sterile material of Schizomeria serrata.
Taxonomy
Hoogland (1979) placed Pullea perryana A.C.Sm. from Fiji into synonomy with P. glabra var. glabra but this was rejected by Smith (), who cited several small differences. In particular, inflorescences in material from Fiji tend to have the flowers dispersed in racemes or with only 2 or 3 flowers together at most, rather than aggregated into several-flowered capitula, and the leaves are somewhat different in shape. However, there is a range in the degree of clustering of the flowers in New Guinea, including this type of more lax inflorescence (e.g. Brass 27818, Sudest Island).
Citation
Parham 1964: Pl. Fiji Isls: 78: f. 32
A.C.Sm. 1967 – In: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.: 71
L.M. Perry 1949: p. 163. – In: J. Arnold Arbor. 30: in key.
Hoogland 1979 – In: Blumea: 491
L.M. Perry 1949: p. 163. – In: J. Arnold Arbor. 30: in key
1917 – In: Nova Guinea: 492
Engl. 1928 – In: Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2: 260
Parham 1972: Pl. Fiji Isls, ed. 2: 122: f. 34
Engl. 1928 – In: Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2: 260