My Fascination with Ardisia
I’m Ferb Vu, and I’ve always been drawn to the intricate beauty of the natural world. Lately, my interest has settled on a particular genus of plants – Ardisia. These evergreen shrubs and trees, belonging to the primrose family (Primulaceae), are captivating with their vibrant berries and lush foliage. I find myself spending hours poring over botanical texts and exploring online databases, eager to learn everything I can about these fascinating plants.
A Diverse Genus
Ardisia is a large genus, boasting hundreds of species. They are mainly found in tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. What strikes me most about Ardisia is the sheer diversity within the genus. While many species are known for their ornamental value, with bright red berries that persist throughout winter, others possess medicinal properties and have been used in traditional medicine for centuries.
- Ardisia aciphylla Pit.
- Ardisia acutiloba Mez
- Ardisia affinis Hemsl.
- Ardisia agasthyamalayana Nazarudeen, G.Rajkumar & Alister
- Ardisia aguirreana Pipoly
- Ardisia alabastroalata Taton
- Ardisia alajuelae (Lundell) Pipoly & Ricketson
- Ardisia alata H.R.Fletcher
- Ardisia albisepala (Lundell) Pipoly & Ricketson
- Ardisia albomaculata Pit.
- Ardisia albovirens Mez
- Ardisia alutacea C.Y.Wu & C.Chen
- Ardisia alverezii Merr.
- Ardisia alyxiifolia Tsiang ex C.Chen
- Ardisia amabilis Stapf
- Ardisia amboinensis Scheff.
- Ardisia amherstiana A.DC.
- Ardisia amplexicaulis Bedd.
- Ardisia anaclasta B.C.Stone
- Ardisia anamalaiana V.Ravich., Murug. & P.S.S.Rich.
- Ardisia anchicayana Ricketson & Pipoly
- Ardisia andamanica Kurz
- Ardisia angucianensis Ricketson & Pipoly
- Ardisia angustata Urb.
- Ardisia angustissima Kaneh. & Hatus.
- Ardisia annamensis Pit.
- Ardisia apoda Standl. & Steyerm.
- Ardisia applanata C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia aprica H.R.Fletcher
- Ardisia apsidata B.C.Stone
- Ardisia arborea Koord. & Valeton
- Ardisia arcuata Kaneh. & Hatus.
- Ardisia argentea Pit.
- Ardisia argentiana Julius & Utteridge
- Ardisia artemata B.C.Stone
- Ardisia asymmetrica C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia atrobullata Taton
- Ardisia atropurpurea Lundell
- Ardisia atrovirens K.Larsen & C.M.Hu
- Ardisia attenuata Wall. ex A.DC.
- Ardisia auriculata Donn.Sm.
- Ardisia austin-smithii Lundell
- Ardisia awarum Ricketson & Pipoly
- Ardisia bakeri C.T.White
- Ardisia bamendae Cheek
- Ardisia bampsiana Taton
- Ardisia banaensis C.M.Hu & L.K.Phan
- Ardisia banghamii Merr.
- Ardisia baotingensis C.M.Hu
- Ardisia baracoensis (Britton & P.Wilson) Alain
- Ardisia barnesii Ridl.
- Ardisia bartletii Lundell
- Ardisia basilanensis Merr.
- Ardisia bastonalensis Ricketson & Pipoly
- Ardisia batangaensis Taton
- Ardisia baviensis C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia beccariana Mez
- Ardisia belaitensis C.M.Hu
- Ardisia belingaensis Taton
- Ardisia benomensis M.R.Hend.
- Ardisia betongensis H.R.Fletcher
- Ardisia bifaria C.T.White & W.D.Francis
- Ardisia biflora King & Gamble
- Ardisia biniflora Ridl.
- Ardisia bisumbellata Mez
- Ardisia blatteri Gamble
- Ardisia blepharodes Lundell
- Ardisia borneensis Scheff.
- Ardisia botryosa E.Walker
- Ardisia brachybotrys K.Schum. & Lauterb.
- Ardisia brachypoda Urb.
- Ardisia brachythyrsa Stapf
- Ardisia brackenridgei (A.Gray) Mez
- Ardisia bracteata Baker
- Ardisia bracteosa A.DC.
- Ardisia bractescens Ridl.
- Ardisia brandisiana Kurz
- Ardisia brassiella B.C.Stone
- Ardisia brassii Sleumer
- Ardisia breedlovei Lundell
- Ardisia brenesii Standl.
- Ardisia brevicaulis Diels
- Ardisia brevipedata F.Muell.
- Ardisia brevipetiolata (Merr.) Merr.
- Ardisia breviramea Merr.
- Ardisia brevis Lundell
- Ardisia brittonii Stearn
- Ardisia brunnescens E.Walker
- Ardisia buesgenii (Gilg & G.Schellenb.) Taton
- Ardisia bullata G.H.Huang & G.Hao
- Ardisia byrsonimae Stearn
- Ardisia cabrerae Pipoly
- Ardisia cadieri Guillaumin
- Ardisia calavitensis Merr.
- Ardisia caloneura C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia calophylla Furtado
- Ardisia calophylloides Pit.
- Ardisia capillipes Pit.
- Ardisia capitellata Lundell
- Ardisia capuronii Pipoly
- Ardisia cardenasii Pipoly
- Ardisia cardiophylla B.C.Stone
- Ardisia carnea Mez
- Ardisia carnosicaulis C.Chen & D.Fang
- Ardisia cartagoana Lundell
- Ardisia castaneifolia Mez
- Ardisia caudata Hemsl.
- Ardisia caudifera Mez
- Ardisia caudiferoides B.C.Stone
- Ardisia celebica Scheff.
- Ardisia centenoi S.Vidal
- Ardisia chevalieri Pit.
- Ardisia chiapensis Brandegee
- Ardisia chocoana Lundell
- Ardisia chrysophyllifolia King & Gamble
- Ardisia cincta Mez
- Ardisia clarkeana (Kuntze) R.Kr.Singh
- Ardisia clemensii C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia coarcta B.C.Stone
- Ardisia cockburniana C.M.Hu
- Ardisia coclensis Lundell
- Ardisia cogolloi Pipoly
- Ardisia colombiana Lundell
- Ardisia colonensis Lundell
- Ardisia coloradoana Lundell
- Ardisia colorata G.Lodd.
- Ardisia comosa (de Wit) Taton
- Ardisia complanata Wall.
- Ardisia compressa Kunth
- Ardisia conandroides Kaneh. & Hatus.
- Ardisia confertiflora Merr.
- Ardisia confusa K.Larsen & C.M.Hu
- Ardisia congesta Ridl.
- Ardisia congestiflora C.M.Hu
- Ardisia conglomerata Lundell
- Ardisia conoidea Lundell
- Ardisia conraui Gilg
- Ardisia conspersa E.Walker
- Ardisia contrerasii Lundell
- Ardisia copelandii Mez
- Ardisia copeyana Standl.
- Ardisia cornudentata Mez
- Ardisia corymbifera Mez
- Ardisia costaricensis Lundell
- Ardisia crassa C.B.Clarke
- Ardisia crasseovata B.C.Stone
- Ardisia crassipedicellata Lundell
- Ardisia crassipes Lundell
- Ardisia crassiramea Standl.
- Ardisia crassirhiza Z.X.Li & F.W.Xing ex C.M.Hu
- Ardisia crassiuscula C.M.Hu
- Ardisia creaghii Ridl.
- Ardisia crenata Sims
- Ardisia crispa (Thunb.) A.DC.
- Ardisia croatii Lundell
- Ardisia crotonifolia C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia cumingiana A.DC.
- Ardisia cuneata Lundell
- Ardisia curranii Merr.
- Ardisia curtiflora Elmer
- Ardisia curvistyla Y.P.Yang
- Ardisia curvula C.Y.Wu & C.Chen
- Ardisia cutteri Standl.
- Ardisia cymosa Blume
- Ardisia daklakensis C.M.Hu & Nuraliev
- Ardisia daphinifolia C.M.Hu
- Ardisia darienensis Lundell
- Ardisia darlingii Merr.
- Ardisia dasyneura Mez
- Ardisia dasyrhizomatica C.Y.Wu & C.Chen
- Ardisia davidsei Lundell
- Ardisia dawnaea C.E.Parkinson
- Ardisia decurviflora Mez
- Ardisia dekinderi Govaerts
- Ardisia demissa Miq.
- Ardisia denhamioides S.Moore
- Ardisia denigrata C.M.Hu
- Ardisia densilepidotula Merr.
- Ardisia densipunctata C.M.Hu
- Ardisia dentata (A.DC.) Mez
- Ardisia denticulata Blume
- Ardisia devogelii B.C.Stone
- Ardisia devredii Taton
- Ardisia dewildei C.M.Hu
- Ardisia dewitiana Taton
- Ardisia dictyoneura Urb.
- Ardisia didymopora (H.Perrier) Capuron
- Ardisia diffusa Merr.
- Ardisia discolor H.Lév.
- Ardisia disticha A.DC.
- Ardisia divergens Roxb.
- Ardisia diversifolia Koord. & Valeton
- Ardisia diversilimba Merr.
- Ardisia dodgei Standl.
- Ardisia doeringiana Malm
- Ardisia dolichocalyx Taton
- Ardisia dom Cheek
- Ardisia dukei Lundell
- Ardisia dumicola C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia dunlapiana P.H.Allen
- Ardisia dwyeri Lundell
- Ardisia ebo Cheek
- Ardisia ebolowensis Taton
- Ardisia eglandulosa H.R.Fletcher
- Ardisia elliptica Thunb.
- Ardisia elmeri Mez
- Ardisia elocellata C.M.Hu
- Ardisia ensifolia E.Walker
- Ardisia escallonioides Schltdl. & Cham.
- Ardisia esculenta Pav. ex A.DC.
- Ardisia etindensis Taton
- Ardisia eucuneata (Lundell) Pipoly & Ricketson
- Ardisia evrardii Pit.
- Ardisia eximia Miq.
- Ardisia faberi Hemsl.
- Ardisia fasciculata C.T.White
- Ardisia fasciculiflora C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia fendleri Lundell
- Ardisia ferox Furtado
- Ardisia ferrugineopilosa H.R.Fletcher
- Ardisia ficifolia K.Larsen & C.M.Hu
- Ardisia filiformis E.Walker
- Ardisia filipendula C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia filipes C.T.White
- Ardisia fimbriata H.R.Fletcher
- Ardisia fimbrillifera Lundell
- Ardisia flavida Pipoly
- Ardisia flaviflora C.Chen & D.Fang
- Ardisia fletcheri K.Larsen & C.M.Hu
- Ardisia florida Pit.
- Ardisia foetida Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Ardisia foliosa Furtado
- Ardisia folsomii Lundell
- Ardisia forbesii S.Moore
- Ardisia fordii Hemsl.
- Ardisia fortis Mez
- Ardisia fragrans Elmer
- Ardisia fruticosa Lundell
- Ardisia fuertesii Urb.
- Ardisia fuliginosa Blume
- Ardisia fulva King & Gamble
- Ardisia furfuracea Standl.
- Ardisia furfuracella Standl.
- Ardisia furva Ridl.
- Ardisia gambleana Furtado
- Ardisia garcinifolia Pit.
- Ardisia gardneri C.B.Clarke
- Ardisia garubahaya C.M.Hu
- Ardisia gasingoides Julius & Utteridge
- Ardisia geissanthoides Mez
- Ardisia generalensis Ricketson & Pipoly
- Ardisia geniculata Lundell
- Ardisia gigantea Ricketson & Pipoly
- Ardisia gigantifolia Stapf
- Ardisia gjellerupii Mez
- Ardisia glanduligera Ridl.
- Ardisia glandulosomarginata Oerst.
- Ardisia glauca Mez
- Ardisia glauciflora Urb.
- Ardisia glomerata Lundell
- Ardisia glomeriflora J.F.Morales
- Ardisia goodenoughii Furtado
- Ardisia gordonii Ricketson & Pipoly
- Ardisia gorgonae Cuatrec.
- Ardisia gracilenta C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia graciliflora Pit.
- Ardisia gracillima K.Larsen & C.M.Hu
- Ardisia granatensis Mez
- Ardisia grandidens Mez
- Ardisia grandifolia A.DC.
- Ardisia griffithii C.B.Clarke
- Ardisia grisebachiana (Kuntze) Alain
- Ardisia guianensis (Aubl.) Mez
- Ardisia guttata Lundell
- Ardisia hagenii Lundell
- Ardisia hallei Taton
- Ardisia hammelii Lundell
- Ardisia hanceana Mez
- Ardisia harmandii Pierre ex Pit.
- Ardisia helferiana Kurz
- Ardisia herrerana Pipoly & Ricketson
- Ardisia heterotricha (Lundell) Pipoly & Ricketson
- Ardisia hintonii Lundell
- Ardisia hokouensis Y.P.Yang
- Ardisia hosei Mez
- Ardisia hospitans K.Schum. & Lauterb.
- Ardisia huallagae Mez
- Ardisia hugonensis (Lundell) Pipoly & Ricketson
- Ardisia hullettii Mez
- Ardisia humilis Vahl
- Ardisia hyalina Lundell
- Ardisia hylandii Jackes
- Ardisia hymenandroides W.N.Takeuchi
- Ardisia hypargyrea C.Y.Wu & C.Chen
- Ardisia icara Wall. ex DC.
- Ardisia illicioides C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia ilocana Merr.
- Ardisia imbakensis Utteridge & Julius
- Ardisia imperialis K.Schum.
- Ardisia impressa H.R.Fletcher
- Ardisia inconspicua Mez
- Ardisia insignis Mez & Pittier
- Ardisia integra K.Larsen & C.M.Hu
- Ardisia interjacens C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia intibucana Lundell ex C.Nelson
- Ardisia involucrata Kurz
- Ardisia ionantha K.Larsen & C.M.Hu
- Ardisia iwahigensis Elmer
- Ardisia ixorifolia Pit.
- Ardisia jamaicensis Lundell
- Ardisia japonica (Thunb.) Blume
- Ardisia javanica A.DC.
- Ardisia jefeana Lundell
- Ardisia junghuhniana Miq.
- Ardisia kachinensis Mez
- Ardisia kainantuensis Sleumer
- Ardisia kajumarina C.M.Hu
- Ardisia kalimbahin Magtoto
- Ardisia keenanii C.B.Clarke
- Ardisia keithleyi Merr.
- Ardisia kennedyae Ricketson & Pipoly
- Ardisia kerrii Craib
- Ardisia khasiana C.B.Clarke
- Ardisia killipii A.C.Sm.
- Ardisia kinabaluensis Merr.
- Ardisia knappiae (Lundell) Pipoly & Ricketson
- Ardisia korthalsiana Scheff.
- Ardisia kostermansii B.C.Stone
- Ardisia koupensis Taton
- Ardisia kunstleri King & Gamble
- Ardisia kurzii C.B.Clarke
- Ardisia labisiifolia King & Gamble
- Ardisia laciniata Mez
- Ardisia laevigata Blume
- Ardisia lallaniana R.Kr.Singh
- Ardisia lamdongensis C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia lammersiana W.N.Takeuchi
- Ardisia lancifolia Merr.
- Ardisia lankaensis Kosterm.
- Ardisia lankawiensis King & Gamble
- Ardisia lauracea Mez
- Ardisia lauriformis Pit.
- Ardisia lauterbachii Sleumer
- Ardisia laxa Mez
- Ardisia laxiflora Merr.
- Ardisia lecomtei Pit.
- Ardisia ledermannii Mez
- Ardisia lepidotula Merr.
- Ardisia lepidula Mez
- Ardisia leptalea B.C.Stone
- Ardisia letestui Taton
- Ardisia lethomasiae Taton
- Ardisia letouzeyi Taton
- Ardisia leuserensis C.M.Hu
- Ardisia leytensis Merr.
- Ardisia liebmannii Oerst.
- Ardisia liesneri Lundell
- Ardisia lindleyana D.Dietr.
- Ardisia lingula B.C.Stone
- Ardisia lisowskii Taton & Lejoly
- Ardisia livida Mez
- Ardisia loheri Merr.
- Ardisia longipedicellata H.R.Fletcher
- Ardisia longipetiolata Merr.
- Ardisia loretensis Lundell
- Ardisia loureiroana (G.Don) Merr.
- Ardisia lucida Merr.
- Ardisia lucidula C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia lundelliana Pipoly
- Ardisia luquillensis (Britton) Alain
- Ardisia lurida Blume
- Ardisia lustrata B.C.Stone
- Ardisia luzonensis C.Presl
- Ardisia macgregorii Merr.
- Ardisia maclurei Merr.
- Ardisia macrocalyx Scheff.
- Ardisia macrocarpa Wall.
- Ardisia macrophylla Reinw. ex Blume
- Ardisia macropus Mez
- Ardisia macrosepala Pit.
- Ardisia maehongsonia K.Larsen & C.M.Hu
- Ardisia maestrensis Urb.
- Ardisia magnifica Mez
- Ardisia malipoensis C.M.Hu
- Ardisia mameyensis Ricketson & Pipoly
- Ardisia mamillata Hance
- Ardisia manglillo Cuatrec.
- Ardisia manitzii Panfet
- Ardisia marcelianum Govaerts
- Ardisia marginata Blume
- Ardisia marojejyensis J.S.Mill. & Pipoly
- Ardisia mawaiensis Furtado ex B.C.Stone
- Ardisia maxima Pit.
- Ardisia maxonii Standl.
- Ardisia mayumbensis (R.D.Good) Taton
- Ardisia mcphersonii Pipoly
- Ardisia medogensis C.M.Hu & G.Hao
- Ardisia megalocarpa Ridl.
- Ardisia meghalayensis M.P.Nayar & G.S.Giri
- Ardisia megistophylla Lundell
- Ardisia megistosepala Merr.
- Ardisia meijeri C.M.Hu
- Ardisia melastomoides Pit.
- Ardisia membranifolia Mez
- Ardisia merrillii E.Walker
- Ardisia mexicana Lundell
- Ardisia meziana King & Gamble
- Ardisia mezii Elmer
- Ardisia micranthera Pit.
- Ardisia microcarpa (Pit.) Ricketson & Pipoly
- Ardisia microsoropsis B.C.Stone
- Ardisia mildbraedii (Gilg & G.Schellenb.) Taton
- Ardisia milleflora Mez
- Ardisia milneensis C.M.Hu
- Ardisia mindanaensis Mez
- Ardisia minor King & Gamble
- Ardisia minutiflora Lundell
- Ardisia miqueliana Scheff.
- Ardisia mirabilis Pit.
- Ardisia mirandae Merr.
- Ardisia mjoebergii Merr.
- Ardisia mogotensis Urb.
- Ardisia momiensis Kaneh. & Hatus.
- Ardisia monilipila B.C.Stone
- Ardisia monsalveae Pipoly
- Ardisia monticola Ridl.
- Ardisia morobeensis Sleumer
- Ardisia morotaiensis C.M.Hu
- Ardisia multipunctata H.R.Fletcher
- Ardisia muluensis B.C.Stone
- Ardisia murtonii H.R.Fletcher
- Ardisia myrcioides S.Moore
- Ardisia myriosticta K.Schum.
- Ardisia myrsinoides Pit.
- Ardisia nabirensis Kaneh. & Hatus.
- Ardisia nagaensis Julius, Kajita & Utteridge
- Ardisia nagelii Mez
- Ardisia nana Pipoly & Ricketson
- Ardisia neglecta M.P.Nayar & G.S.Giri
- Ardisia negroensis Mez
- Ardisia neonobotrys K.Schum.
- Ardisia neriifolia Wall. ex A.DC.
- Ardisia nervosa H.R.Fletcher
- Ardisia nervosissima Lundell
- Ardisia nevermannii Standl.
- Ardisia nhatrangensis C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia niambiensis Pipoly & Cogollo
- Ardisia nigrescens Oerst.
- Ardisia nigrita Lundell
- Ardisia nigromaculata Merr.
- Ardisia nigropilosa Pit.
- Ardisia nigropunctata Oerst.
- Ardisia nigrovirens J.F.Macbr.
- Ardisia novitensis Lundell
- Ardisia nurii Furtado
- Ardisia nutantiflora S.Z.Mao & C.M.Hu
- Ardisia obovata Desv.
- Ardisia obovatifolia Merr.
- Ardisia obscurinervia Merr.
- Ardisia obtusa Mez
- Ardisia odontophylla Wall. ex A.DC.
- Ardisia olivacea E.Walker
- Ardisia omalocarpa Ridl.
- Ardisia omissa C.M.Hu
- Ardisia oocarpa Stapf
- Ardisia opaca Lundell
- Ardisia opegrapha Oerst.
- Ardisia ophirensis (C.B.Clarke) Mez
- Ardisia ordinata E.Walker
- Ardisia oreophila C.M.Hu
- Ardisia ototomoensis Taton
- Ardisia oxyphylla Wall. ex A.DC.
- Ardisia oxystemon Ridl. ex H.R.Fletcher
- Ardisia pachyrhachis (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
- Ardisia pachysandra (Wall.) Mez
- Ardisia palawanensis Merr.
- Ardisia pallidiflora Ridl.
- Ardisia palmana Donn.Sm.
- Ardisia palustris K.Larsen & C.M.Hu
- Ardisia panamensis Lundell
- Ardisia paniculata Roxb.
- Ardisia paradoxa C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia paralleloneura K.Larsen & C.M.Hu
- Ardisia paschalis Donn.Sm.
- Ardisia patentiradiosa C.M.Hu & Nuraliev
- Ardisia pauciflora B.Heyne ex Wall.
- Ardisia paupera Mez
- Ardisia pedalis E.Walker
- Ardisia pedunculata H.R.Fletcher
- Ardisia pedunculosa Wall.
- Ardisia pellucida Oerst.
- Ardisia pentaglossa B.C.Stone
- Ardisia pergamacea (Miq.) Mez
- Ardisia perinsignis Lundell
- Ardisia perissa B.C.Stone
- Ardisia perpendicularis E.Walker
- Ardisia perreticulata C.Chen
- Ardisia perrottetiana A.DC.
- Ardisia petelotii E.Walker
- Ardisia petila B.C.Stone
- Ardisia petocalyx Scheff.
- Ardisia phaeoneura C.M.Hu
- Ardisia phankelociana C.M.Hu & G.Hao
- Ardisia picardae Urb. ex Mez
- Ardisia pichinchana Lundell
- Ardisia pierreana Taton
- Ardisia pilosa H.R.Fletcher
- Ardisia pingbienensis Y.P.Yang
- Ardisia pirifolia Mez
- Ardisia pitardii C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia pleurobotrya Donn.Sm.
- Ardisia pluvialis Pipoly
- Ardisia poilanei Pit.
- Ardisia polyactis Mez
- Ardisia polyadenia Gilg
- Ardisia polycephala Wall. ex A.DC.
- Ardisia polylepis Mez
- Ardisia polysticta Miq.
- Ardisia poolei C.T.White & W.D.Francis ex Lane-Poole
- Ardisia popayanensis Mez
- Ardisia poranthera F.Muell. & C.Moore
- Ardisia porifera E.Walker
- Ardisia porosa C.B.Clarke
- Ardisia praetervisa C.M.Hu
- Ardisia premnifolia C.M.Hu
- Ardisia premontana Pipoly
- Ardisia primulifolia Gardner & Champ.
- Ardisia prionata E.Walker
- Ardisia procera Capuron
- Ardisia prolifera C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia prunifolia C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia pseudocrispa Pit.
- Ardisia pseudocuspidata Pipoly & Ricketson
- Ardisia pseudoracemiflora Pipoly
- Ardisia psychotriiphylla Pit.
- Ardisia pterocaulis Miq.
- Ardisia pteropoda Miq.
- Ardisia puberula H.R.Fletcher
- Ardisia pubicalyx Miq.
- Ardisia pubivenula E.Walker
- Ardisia pulchella Mez
- Ardisia pulverulenta Mez
- Ardisia pulvinulata B.C.Stone
- Ardisia punicea H.R.Fletcher
- Ardisia purpurea Reinw. ex Blume
- Ardisia purpureovillosa C.Y.Wu & C.Chen ex C.M.Hu
- Ardisia purseglovei Furtado
- Ardisia pusilla A.DC.
- Ardisia pustulata Mez
- Ardisia pygmaea Merr.
- Ardisia pyramidalis (Cav.) Pers.
- Ardisia pyrotechnica Julius, Tagane & Utteridge
- Ardisia pyrsocoma B.C.Stone
- Ardisia quangnamensis C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia quinquangularis A.DC.
- Ardisia quinquegona Blume
- Ardisia racemibunda B.C.Stone
- Ardisia racemigera Mez
- Ardisia racemosopaniculata Mez
- Ardisia ramaswamii Nazarudeen, G.Rajkumar & Prakashk.
- Ardisia ramondiiformis Pit.
- Ardisia rapaneifolia C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia rarescens Standl.
- Ardisia ravida C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia reclinata Scheff.
- Ardisia recliniflora Pit.
- Ardisia recurvata C.M.Hu
- Ardisia recurvisepala Julius & Utteridge
- Ardisia replicata E.Walker
- Ardisia reptans Merr.
- Ardisia retinervia Ridl.
- Ardisia retroflexa E.Walker
- Ardisia retusa Lundell
- Ardisia revoluta Kunth
- Ardisia reynosoi B.C.Stone
- Ardisia rhodochroa C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia rhomboidea Wight
- Ardisia rhynchophylla C.B.Clarke
- Ardisia rhynchotechioides (Kraenzl.) Hand.-Mazz.
- Ardisia ridleyi King & Gamble
- Ardisia ridsdalei C.M.Hu
- Ardisia rigida Kurz
- Ardisia rigidifolia Lundell
- Ardisia rigidula Mez
- Ardisia rivularis Merr.
- Ardisia romanii Elmer
- Ardisia rosea King & Gamble
- Ardisia roseiflora Pit.
- Ardisia rothii A.DC.
- Ardisia rubescens Pit.
- Ardisia rubicunda C.M.Hu
- Ardisia rubiginosa Miq.
- Ardisia rubricaulis S.Z.Mao & C.M.Hu
- Ardisia rubroglandulosa H.R.Fletcher
- Ardisia rudis J.Sinclair
- Ardisia ruedae Ricketson & Pipoly
- Ardisia rumphii Merr.
- Ardisia russellii M.P.Nayar & G.S.Giri
- Ardisia ruthiae B.C.Stone
- Ardisia sadebeckiana Gilg
- Ardisia sadirioides C.M.Hu & L.K.Phan
- Ardisia sagoensis C.M.Hu
- Ardisia saligna Mez
- Ardisia samarensis Merr.
- Ardisia sanmartensis (Rusby) Standl.
- Ardisia sapida Cuatrec.
- Ardisia sarawakensis Merr.
- Ardisia sauraujifolia Pit.
- Ardisia scabrida Mez
- Ardisia scalarinervis E.Walker
- Ardisia scalaris Mez
- Ardisia scheryi Lundell
- Ardisia schippii Standl.
- Ardisia schlechteri Gilg
- Ardisia schultzei Mez
- Ardisia scortechinii King & Gamble
- Ardisia serrata (Cav.) Pers.
- Ardisia sessilifolia Mez
- Ardisia sessilis Scheff.
- Ardisia sharoniae Manjato, Ravololoman. & Razakamal.
- Ardisia shweliensis W.W.Sm.
- Ardisia siamensis H.R.Fletcher
- Ardisia sibulanensis Elmer
- Ardisia sibuyanensis Elmer
- Ardisia sicula B.C.Stone
- Ardisia sideromalla K.Schum.
- Ardisia sieboldii Miq.
- Ardisia sigillata B.C.Stone
- Ardisia silamensis Utteridge, Julius & Suzana
- Ardisia silvestris Pit.
- Ardisia singularis B.C.Stone
- Ardisia sinuata King & Gamble
- Ardisia smaragdina Pit.
- Ardisia smaragdinoides Yahara & Tagane
- Ardisia smurfitiana Ricketson & Pipoly
- Ardisia solanacea Roxb.
- Ardisia solida B.C.Stone
- Ardisia sonchifolia Mez
- Ardisia sorogensis C.M.Hu
- Ardisia spanoghei Scheff.
- Ardisia sphenobasis Scheff.
- Ardisia spiciformis C.M.Hu
- Ardisia spilota B.C.Stone
- Ardisia splendens Pit.
- Ardisia squarrosa Mez
- Ardisia staminosa Lundell
- Ardisia standleyana P.H.Allen
- Ardisia staudtii Gilg
- Ardisia steinii Pipoly & Ricketson
- Ardisia stichantha B.C.Stone
- Ardisia stipitata H.R.Fletcher
- Ardisia stonei Sasidh. & Sivar.
- Ardisia storkii Lundell
- Ardisia subanceps K.Schum. & Lauterb.
- Ardisia subcrenulata Lundell
- Ardisia subcuneifolia Lundell
- Ardisia sublanceolata Hochr.
- Ardisia sublepidota Merr.
- Ardisia suboppositifolia C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia subpilosa H.R.Fletcher
- Ardisia subsessilifolia Lundell
- Ardisia subtilis S.Moore
- Ardisia subverticillata Julius & Utteridge
- Ardisia sulcata Mez
- Ardisia sumatrana Miq.
- Ardisia symplocifolia (C.Chen) K.Larsen & C.M.Hu
- Ardisia tacanensis Lundell
- Ardisia tachibana Makino
- Ardisia tahanica King & Gamble
- Ardisia talamancensis Ricketson & Pipoly
- Ardisia tanycardia B.C.Stone
- Ardisia tarariae Lundell
- Ardisia tayabensis Merr.
- Ardisia taytayensis Merr.
- Ardisia tenuicaulis Lundell
- Ardisia tenuis Lundell
- Ardisia ternatensis Scheff.
- Ardisia tetramera K.Larsen & C.M.Hu
- Ardisia tetrasepala King & Gamble
- Ardisia teysmanniana Scheff.
- Ardisia theifolia King & Gamble
- Ardisia thomsonii Mez
- Ardisia thyrsiflora D.Don
- Ardisia tilaranensis Standl.
- Ardisia tinctoria Pit.
- Ardisia tinifolia Sw.
- Ardisia tomentosa C.Presl
- Ardisia torsiva C.M.Hu
- Ardisia tortuguerensis Ricketson & Pipoly
- Ardisia translucida H.R.Fletcher
- Ardisia trichogyne B.C.Stone
- Ardisia tristanioides S.Moore
- Ardisia tristis K.Larsen & C.M.Hu
- Ardisia tuberculata Wall. ex A.DC.
- Ardisia tuerckheimii Donn.Sm.
- Ardisia tumida Furtado
- Ardisia turbinata B.C.Stone
- Ardisia tysonii Lundell
- Ardisia unguiensis Lundell
- Ardisia uniflora K.Larsen & C.M.Hu
- Ardisia urbanii Stearn
- Ardisia uregaensis Taton
- Ardisia ursina Lundell
- Ardisia vatteri Standl. & Steyerm.
- Ardisia vaughanii Ridl.
- Ardisia velutina Pit.
- Ardisia venosa Mast. ex Donn.Sm.
- Ardisia venosissima (Ruiz & Pav.) J.F.Macbr.
- Ardisia venulosa C.M.Hu
- Ardisia venusta S.Moore
- Ardisia verapazensis Donn.Sm.
- Ardisia verbascifolia Mez
- Ardisia verdisepala Ricketson & Pipoly
- Ardisia vernicosa Mez
- Ardisia verrucosa C.Presl
- Ardisia vesca Lundell
- Ardisia viburnifolia Pit.
- Ardisia vidalii C.M.Hu
- Ardisia vietnamensis C.M.Hu & J.E.Vidal
- Ardisia villosa Roxb.
- Ardisia viminea Ridl.
- Ardisia violacea (T.Suzuki) W.Z.Fang & K.Yao
- Ardisia vohimenensis Manjato, Ravololoman. & Razakamal.
- Ardisia waitakii C.M.Hu
- Ardisia × walkeri Y.P.Yang
- Ardisia wallichii A.DC.
- Ardisia warburgiana Mez
- Ardisia weberbaueri Mez
- Ardisia websteri Pipoly
- Ardisia wedelii Lundell
- Ardisia whitmorei Julius & Utteridge
- Ardisia wightiana (A.DC.) Wall. ex Mez
- Ardisia willisii Mez
- Ardisia yatesii Merr.
- Ardisia zambalensis Merr.
- Ardisia zenkeri Gilg
- Ardisia zeylanica (Gaertn.) Lam. ex Forsyth f.
More Than Just a Pretty Face
While the ornamental value of Ardisia is undeniable, the genus offers much more than just aesthetic appeal. Many species have a long history of use in traditional medicine, particularly in Asia. For instance, extracts from Ardisia japonica have been used to treat a variety of ailments, including coughs, sore throats, and even cancer. Researchers are now exploring the potential of Ardisia species as a source of novel pharmaceuticals and health-promoting compounds.
The ecological importance of Ardisia should not be overlooked either. The berries of many species serve as a valuable food source for birds and other wildlife, contributing to the biodiversity of their ecosystems.
Challenges and Conservation
Despite their resilience, Ardisia species face numerous challenges. Habitat loss due to deforestation and urbanization poses a significant threat to many species, particularly those with limited distributions. Invasive species are another concern, as some Ardisia species, like Ardisia crenata, have escaped cultivation and become invasive in certain regions, outcompeting native plants.
Conservation efforts are crucial to ensure the survival of Ardisia species and the ecosystems they support. This includes protecting their natural habitats, controlling invasive species, and promoting sustainable harvesting practices for those species used in traditional medicine.
Looking Ahead
My journey into the world of Ardisia has just begun, and I’m eager to continue exploring this fascinating genus. I believe that Ardisia holds immense potential, not just for its ornamental value, but also for its medicinal and ecological importance. By understanding and appreciating these plants, we can contribute to their conservation and unlock their full potential for the benefit of both people and the planet.
