Melicytus
Genus of flowering plants
| Melicytus | |
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| Melicytus ramiflorus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Violaceae |
| Subfamily: | Violoideae |
| Tribe: | Rinoreeae |
| Subtribe: | Hymenantherinae |
| Genus: | Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (1776) |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Melicytus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Violaceae. Hymenanthera is a synonym.[2] It includes 19 species native to Australia, New Zealand, and the southwestern Pacific.[1]
Species
19 species are accepted.[1]
- Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones[3] – porcupine shrub (New Zealand)[4]
- Melicytus angustifolius (R.Br. ex DC.) Garn.-Jones[3] (New Zealand) [pro. parte synonym of Melicytus dentatus [5]]
- Melicytus chathamicus (F.Muell.) Garn.-Jones[3] – Chatham Island mahoe (Chatham Islands, New Zealand)[6]
- Melicytus crassifolius (Hook.f.) Garn.-Jones[3] – thick-leaved mahoe (New Zealand)[7]
- Melicytus dentatus (R.Br. ex DC.) Molloy & Mabb. – tree violet (Australia),[8] sometimes present in New Zealand[9]
- Melicytus drucei Molloy & B.D.Clarkson – Druce's mahoe, Mt Egmont shrub mahoe
- Melicytus fasciger Gillespie
- Melicytus flexuosus B.P.J.Molloy & A.P.Druce
- Melicytus improcerus Heenan, Courtney & Molloy
- Melicytus lanceolatus Hook.f. – narrow-leaved mahoe
- Melicytus latifolius (Endl.) P.S.Green
- Melicytus macrophyllus A.Cunn. - large-leaved mahoe
- Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f. – swamp mahoe
- Melicytus novae-zelandiae (A.Cunn.) P.S.Green[3] – coastal mahoe (New Zealand)[10]
- Melicytus obovatus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones[3] (New Zealand)[11]
- Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
- Melicytus ramiflorus, J.R. & G. Forster – mahoe or whitey-wood
- Melicytus × ramilanceolatus Allan
- Melicytus samoensis (Christoph.) A.C.Sm.
- Melicytus venosus Courtney, Heenan, Molloy & de Lange
References
- ^ a b c Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ NZOR (Web Service Demonstrator) Archived 2012-12-20 at archive.today
- ^ a b c d e f "Species in Melicytus". The Plant List. 22 October 2012.
- ^ "Melicytus alpinus". NZ Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ NZOR (Web Service Demonstrator) Archived 2012-12-20 at archive.today
- ^ "Melicytus chathamicus". NZ Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ "Melicytus crassifolius". NZ Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ "Melicytus dentatus". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ NZOR (Web Service Demonstrator)
- ^ "Melicytus novae-zelandiae". NZ Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ "Melicytus obovatus". NZ Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
External links
Data related to Melicytus at Wikispecies
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