Melinia

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Melinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:
Stapelieae
Genus:
Melinia

Decne.
Synonyms[1]

Brachylepis Hook. & Arn. 1835, illegitimate homonym, not C.A. Mey. ex Ledeb. 1829 nor Wight & Arn. 1834.

Melinia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1835. It was initially given the name Brachylepis, but this turned out to be an illegitimate homonym, meaning that someone else had already used the name for a different plant.[2][3][1] Melinia is native to South America.[4][5]

Species[6]
  1. (E. Fourn.) K. Schum. - Brazil
  2. Schltr. - Ayacucho in Peru
  3. Krapov. & S. Cáceres - Jujuy Province in NW Argentina
formerly included[6]

moved to other genera (Hemipogon, Metastelma, Oxypetalum, Philibertia, Widgrenia)

  1. M. angustifolia now
  2. M. atropurpurea now
  3. M. campanulata now
  4. M. candolleana now
  5. M. commersoniana now
  6. M. corymbosa now Widgrenia corymbosa
  7. M. discolor now
  8. M. glaziovii now
  9. M. harleyi now
  10. M. hilariana now
  11. M. iberae now Widgrenia corymbosa
  12. M. mexicana now
  13. M. micrantha now
  14. M. parviflora now
  15. M. tubata now

References[]

  1. ^ a b Tropicos, genus Melinia Decne.
  2. ^ Hooker, William Jackson & Arnott, George Arnott Walker. 1835. Brachylepis. Journal of Botany, being a second series of the Botanical Miscellany 1: 290–291 in Latin
  3. ^ Decaisne, Joseph. 1844. Melinia. in Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de, Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 588–589. in Latin
  4. ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  5. ^ Pontiroli, A. 1983. Asclepiadaceae. 13(8): 116–175. In A. L. Cabrera (ed.) Flora de la Provincia de Jujuy: Republica Argentina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires
  6. ^ a b The Plant List, genus Melinia
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