Cyclophyllum barbatum(G.Forst.) N.Hallé & J.Florence

WFO wfo-0000933900 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Cyclophyllum barbatum, photographed by Jon Sullivan
fig. a Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-20 / obs. 199216084
Cyclophyllum barbatum, photographed by Colin Meurk
fig. b Colin Meurk, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 2259872
Cyclophyllum barbatum, photographed by Jon Sullivan
fig. c Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199216129
Cyclophyllum barbatum, photographed by Colin Meurk
fig. d Colin Meurk, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 2259873
Cyclophyllum barbatum, photographed by Colin Meurk
fig. e Colin Meurk, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 2259874

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Cyclophyllum barbatum is native: Solomon Is., Caroline Is., Cook Is., Fiji, Marquesas, Pitcairn Is., Samoa, Society Is., Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu Solomon Is.Fiji Caroline Is.Cook Is.MarquesasPitcairn Is.SamoaSociety Is.TongaTuamotuTubuai Is.Vanuatu
Native distribution of Cyclophyllum barbatum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC
Cook Is. COO
Fiji FIJ
Marquesas MRQ
Pitcairn Is. PIT
Samoa SAM
Society Is. SCI
Tonga TON
Tuamotu TUA
Tubuai Is. TUB
Vanuatu VAN
Solomon Is. SOL ASIA-TROPICAL

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 29 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Canthium barbatum (G.Forst.) Seem.
  • Canthium barbatum f. calcicola Fosberg
  • Canthium barbatum f. pitcairnense Fosberg
  • Canthium barbatum f. rurutu Fosberg
  • Canthium barbatum f. tubuai Fosberg
  • Canthium barbatum var. australense Fosberg
  • Canthium barbatum var. christianii Fosberg
  • Canthium barbatum var. gambierense Fosberg
  • Canthium barbatum var. huahinense Fosberg
  • Canthium barbatum var. korrorense (Valeton) Fosberg
  • Canthium barbatum var. raiateense (J.W.Moore) Fosberg
  • Canthium barbatum var. raivavaense Fosberg
  • Canthium barbatum var. rapae (L.Riley) Fosberg
  • Canthium barbatum var. rupestre (Hosok.) Fosberg
  • Canthium barbatum var. societense Fosberg
  • Canthium barbatum var. temehaniense (J.W.Moore) Fosberg
  • Canthium korrense (Valeton) Kaneh.
  • Canthium korrorense (Valeton) Kaneh.
  • Canthium rupestre Hosok.
  • Chiococca barbata G.Forst.
  • Chiococca odorata Hook. & Arn.
  • Cyclophyllum marquesense (F.Br.) Govaerts
  • Cyclophyllum saviense Guillaumin
  • Plectronia barbata (G.Forst.) K.Schum.

and 5 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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