Checklist of the Timorese Euphorbiaceae and related families Author Simão, Inês F. 0000-0001-6548-8535 Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810 - 193 Aveiro, Portugal ines.simao@ua.pt Author Silveira, Paulo C. 0000-0002-9253-5381 Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810 - 193 Aveiro, Portugal & CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810 - 193 Aveiro, Portugal psilveira@ua.pt Author Wajer, Jacek 0000-0002-2329-9186 Science Department, Algae, Fungi and Plants Division, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK j.wajer@nhm.ac.uk Author Schuiteman, André 0000-0001-6701-8158 Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW 9 3 AB, United Kingdom a.schuiteman@kew.org Author Welzen, Peter Van 0000-0002-5072-431X Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands; Institute of Biology Leiden, University of Leiden, P. O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands peter.vanwelzen@naturalis.nl text Phytotaxa 2024 2024-07-30 661 2 123 149 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.661.2.1 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.661.2.1 1179-3163 13218376 * Antidesma bunius (L.) Sprengel (1824: 826) Ecology: in wet evergreen forest, dipterocarp forest and teak forest; on river banks, at forest edges, along roadsides; in bamboo thickets; in semi-cultivated and cultivated areas; in shady or open habitats; usually in secondary but also in primary vegetation. It thrives best in open, sunny places (A. Lamb, pers. comm.), and is said to be common in the early stages of secondary forest succession, invading marginal grassland (Gruèzo in PROSEA 2, 1991: 79); on sand, loam or clay over (coral) limestone or granite bedrock; elevation: sea level up to 2100 m ( Hoffmann 2006 ). Distribution: Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti, India (incl. Andaman & Nicobar Islands ), Sri Lanka , southern China ( Hainan and Guangdong prov. ), Myanmar , Thailand , Laos , Vietnam , Singapore , Sumatra, Christmas Island , Java, Borneo, Philippines , Sulawesi , Lesser Sunda Islands , Moluccas , New Guinea ( Hoffmann 2006 ). Specimens examined: Indonesia ( Timor Barat ): Kupang , [ Kupang , 10°10’15” S , 123°36’25” E ], 12 February 1936 , Neth. Ind. For. Service bb 20264 ( L [ L .2175879]) ; Timor — Zippelius, A. s.n. ( L [ L .2175880]) ; Zippelius , A. s.n. ( L [ L .2175881]) ; Unknown s.n. ( L [ L .2175882]) ; Spanoghe , J. B. s.n. ( L [ L .2175884]) . Red List Assessment: Least Concern.