Melodinus

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Melodinus
Melodinus australis fruit 2.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Rauvolfioideae
Tribe:
Genus: Melodinus
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Synonyms[1]
  • Bicorona A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle
  • Clitandropsis S.Moore
  • Echaltium Wight
  • Lycimnia Hance in W.G.Walpers
  • Neowollastonia Wernham ex Ridl.
  • Oncinus Lour.
  • Pseudo-willughbeia Markgr.
  • Rhytileucoma F.Muell.
  • Trichostomanthemum Domin

Melodinus is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1776. It is native to Indomalaya, Meganesia and various islands in the western Pacific.[1][2] A type of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids called melodinines can be isolated from Melodinus plants.[3]

Species[]

Accepted species include:[1]

Friut of
  1. Melodinus acutiflorus F.Muell. - Papua New Guinea, Queensland, New South Wales
  2. Baill. - New Caledonia
  3. Hayata - Taiwan, N Vietnam
  4. (F.Muell.) Pierre - New Guinea, Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu
  5. Melodinus axillaris W.T.Wang - Yunnan
  6. Baill. - New Caledonia
  7. Endl. - E Kalimantan, Papua New Guinea, Norfolk Island
  8. (Lour.) Merr. - Indochina, W Malaysia, E Himalayas (Assam, Bhutan, Bangladesh, etc.), Yunnan
  9. A.DC. - Philippines
  10. Markgr. - New Guinea
  11. Fawc. - Bali, Lombok, Timor, Flores, Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea
  12. Melodinus fusiformis Champ. ex Benth. - China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou), Indochina, Luzon
  13. Turrill - Vanuatu, Fiji
  14. A.Chev. ex Pit. - S Vietnam
  15. (Markgr.) Fosberg - Palau
  16. Blume - Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Philippines
  17. A.DC. - Mindoro
  18. Labill. - New Caledonia
  19. Boiteau - New Caledonia
  20. J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. - New Caledonia
  21. (Hance) Champ. ex Benth. - Guangdong, Hong Kong, Hainan, Guangxi, Vietnam
  22. Tsiang & P.T.Li - Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi
  23. Rolfe - Loyalty Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 18, 2014.
  2. ^ Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 147 山橙属 shan chen shu Melodinus J. R. & G. Forster, Char. Gen. Pl. 37, t. 19. 1776.
  3. ^ Feng, T; Cai, XH; Liu, YP; Li, Y; Wang, YY; Luo, XD (2010). "Melodinines A-G, monoterpenoid indole alkaloids from Melodinus henryi". J Nat Prod. 73: 22–6. doi:10.1021/np900595v. PMID 20041704.


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