Phaleria Species
As of April 2026 [ update] Plants of the World Online accepts the following 25 species:
Phaleria acuminata (A. Gray) Gilg – Fiji, American Samoa, Tonga, Western SamoaPhaleria angustifolia A. C. Sm. – FijiPhaleria biflora (C.T.White) Herber – QueenslandPhaleria capitata Jack – Sri Lanka, Palau, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Philippines, Sulawesi, Moluccas, New GuineaPhaleria chermsideana (F.M.Bailey) C.T.White – Queensland, New South WalesPhaleria clerodendron (F.Muell.) Benth. – QueenslandPhaleria coccinea (Gaudich.) F.Muell. – New Guinea, New Britain, Moluccas, PhilippinesPhaleria disperma (G.Forst) Baill. – Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna Phaleria elegans L.M.Perry – New Guinea endemicPhaleria glabra (Turrill) Domke – Fiji, TongaPhaleria ixoroides Fosberg – FijiPhaleria lanceolata (A. Gray) Gilg – FijiPhaleria longituba P. F. Stevens – New GuineaPhaleria macrocarpa (Scheff.) Boerl. – New Guinea, Northern TerritoryPhaleria montana (Seem.) Gilg – FijiPhaleria nisidae Kanehira – Palau, New Britain, New GuineaPhaleria octandra (L.) Baill. – New Guinea, Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Islands, Java, Northern Territory, QueenslandPhaleria okapensis P. F. Stevens – New Guinea (Papua)Phaleria pentecostalis Leandri – VanuatuPhaleria perrottetiana (Decne.) Fern.-Vill. – New Guinea, Moluccas, Borneo, PhilippinesPhaleria pilistyla P. F. Stevens – New Guinea (Papua)Phaleria pubiflora (A. Gray) Gilg – FijiPhaleria pulchra Gillespie – FijiPhaleria sogerensis S.Moore – New GuineaPhaleria stevensiana Z. S. Rogers – Sulawesi
Taxonomy and phylogeny
Phylogenetic analysis shows that Phaleria' s closest related genus is Dais [ citation needed ] Thymelaeoideae Thymelaeaceae Catalogue of Life .Gnidia Stephanodaphne Dirca Ovidia Peddiea Pimelea Struthiola Lachnaea Passerina Passerina [ citation needed ]
References
↑ "Phaleria Jack" . Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) . Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 24 April 2026 .1 2 3 "Phaleria Jack" . Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 September 2024 .↑ Yih Lee, Shiou; Turjaman, Maman; Mohamed, Rozi (2018). "Phylogenetic Relatedness of Several Agarwood-Producing Taxa (Thymelaeaceae) from Indonesia" . Tropical Life Sciences Research . 29 (2): 13– 28. doi :10.21315/tlsr2018.29.2.2 . PMC 6072731 PMID 30112138 . ↑ Kulakowski, Daniel; Kitalong, Christopher; Negrin, Adam; Tadao, Van-Ray; Balick, Michael J.; Kennelly, Edward J. (2015). "Traditional preparation of Phaleria nisidai , a Palauan tea, reduces exposure to toxic daphnane-type diterpene esters while maintaining immunomodulatory activity" . Journal of Ethnopharmacology . 173 : 273– 279. doi :10.1016/j.jep.2015.06.023 PMID 26102551 . ↑ "Phaleria Jack" . Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-04-18 XR) . Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 2026. Retrieved 24 April 2026 .
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