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Ixora Dwarfs

Dwarf Ixoras

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Dwarf Ixoras, Thai Dwarf Ixoras, Chinese Dwarf Ixoras

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Dwarf Ixora (RR)

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands

KEY FEATURES: Dwarf shrubs to 1m. CHINESE DWARFS 50-100cm, developed in Europe and introduced to Hawaii in 1950s; LEAVES ovate. FLOWERS red, orange, pink, yellow, to white. THAI DWARFS, from introduced from Singapore to Hawaii 1977, to 50cm; LEAVES small, narrow ovate, tip sharp, dark green; FLOWERS dense clusters to 5cmØ, originally pale tangerine; now red, orange, pink, yellow, to white. Horace Clay (1978) suggested that the larger dwarfs were Chinese Ixoras (Ixora chinensis), and that the smaller dwarfs were related to the former.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+++

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Ixora Dwarfs
TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ASTERIDAE; Rubiales; RUBIACEAE. COMMENT: Hybrids of unknown parentage; although the larger and earlier Chinese Dwarfs probably involved Ixora chinensis.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
Special Reference: Clay, H. 1978. Dwarf plants are great for tiny high-rise lanais. Honolulu Advertiser 1/4/1978.

Data Update History (information):
zB04a, zD04a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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