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Wikstroemia foetida

Wikstroemia

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Wikstroemia

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Fiji - Fr.Polynesia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group only (Rarotonga only - montane); Land, mountains (++), mid- to upper-elevations

KEY FEATURES: A bushy shrub, to 3m. LEAVES terminal clusters, opposite, adjacent pairs at right angles (=decussate), oval, to 7x3cm, dark green with a white wax, base round, tip obtuse to round, edge smooth; stalk to 2mm. FLOWERS 6-10 in terminal cluster; corolla tube, green, 8x2mm(LxØ); petals 9mmØ, yellowish-green, 4, spreading. FRUIT ovoid, 12x8mm(LxØ), ripen red.

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

Wikstroemia foetida (L.f.)
SYNONYMS: Wikstroemia viridiflora Meissn. [in TC]; Wikstroemia sericea Christopherson [in GW]; Wikstroemia rotundifolia C.A.Mey

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Myrtales; THYMELAEACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.2/589 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.294 I Cheeseman - Flora of Rarotonga
p.78 Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga
p.95 McCormack/Kunzle - Rarotonga's Mountain Tracks and Plants

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM03a, zD02, zupD05b

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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