''Melicytus'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the family
Violaceae
Violaceae is a family of flowering plants established in 1802, consisting of about 1000 species in about 25 genera. It takes its name from the genus ''Viola'', the violets and pansies.
Older classifications such as the Cronquist system placed t ...
. ''Hymenanthera'' is a synonym.
Species
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Melicytus alpinus''
– porcupine shrub (New Zealand)
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Melicytus angustifolius''
(New Zealand)
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– Chatham Island mahoe (Chatham Islands, New Zealand)
* ''Melicytus crassifolius''
– thick-leaved mahoe (New Zealand)
* ''Melicytus dentatus'' – tree violet (Australia),
sometimes present in New Zealand
* ''
Melicytus drucei'' – Druce's mahoe, Mt Egmont shrub mahoe
* ''
Melicytus flexuosus
''Melicytus flexuosus'' is a species of plant in the family Violaceae. It is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; or ...
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B.P.J.Molloy & A.P.Druce
* ''
Melicytus lanceolatus'' – narrow-leaved mahoe
* ''
Melicytus macrophyllus'' - large-leaved mahoe
* ''
Melicytus micranthus'' – swamp mahoe
* ''
Melicytus novae-zelandiae''
– coastal mahoe (New Zealand)
* ''
Melicytus obovatus''
(New Zealand)
* ''
Melicytus ramiflorus
''Melicytus ramiflorus'' (māhoe or whiteywood) is a small tree of the family Violaceae endemic to New Zealand.
It grows up to 10 metres high with a trunk up to 60 cm in diameter, it has smooth, whitish bark and brittle twigs. The dark- ...
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J.R. & G. Forster – mahoe or whitey-wood
References
External links
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Malpighiales genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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