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''Melodinus'' is a genus of
# '' Melodinus acutiflorus'' F. Muell. - Papua New Guinea, Queensland, New South Wales
# '' Melodinus aeneus'' Baill. - New Caledonia
# '' Melodinus angustifolius'' Hayata - Taiwan, N Vietnam
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plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...
in the family Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of the ...
, first described as a genus in 1776. It is native to Indomalaya, Meganesia
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Sahul (), also called Sahul-land, Meganesia, Papualand and Greater Australia, was a paleocontinent that encompassed the modern-day landmasses of mainland Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea, and the Aru Islands Regency, Aru Islands.
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and various islands in the western Pacific. A type of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids called melodinines can be isolated from ''Melodinus'' plants.
Species
Accepted species include:
# '' Melodinus acutiflorus'' F. Muell. - Papua New Guinea, Queensland, New South Wales
# '' Melodinus aeneus'' Baill. - New Caledonia
# '' Melodinus angustifolius'' Hayata - Taiwan, N Vietnam
# ''Melodinus australis
''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. A type of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids called melodinines can ...
'' (F. Muell.) Pierre - New Guinea, Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu
# '' Melodinus axillaris'' W. T. Wang - Yunnan
# '' Melodinus balansae'' Baill. - New Caledonia
# '' Melodinus baueri'' Endl. - E Kalimantan, Papua New Guinea, Norfolk Island
# '' Melodinus cochinchinensis'' (Lour.) Merr. - Indochina, W Malaysia, E Himalayas (Assam, Bhutan, Bangladesh, etc.), Yunnan
# '' Melodinus cumingii'' A. DC. - Philippines
# '' Melodinus densistriatus'' Markgr. - New Guinea
# '' Melodinus forbesii'' Fawc. - Bali, Lombok, Timor, Flores, Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea
# ''Melodinus fusiformis
''Melodinus fusiformis'' is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou), Indochina, and the Island of Luzon in the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially ...
'' Champ. ex Benth. - China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou), Indochina, Luzon
# '' Melodinus glaber'' Turrill - Vanuatu, Fiji
# '' Melodinus honbaensis'' A. Chev. ex Pit. - S Vietnam
# '' Melodinus insularis'' (Markgr.) Fosberg - Palau
# '' Melodinus orientalis'' Blume - Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Philippines
# '' Melodinus philippensis'' A.DC. - Mindoro
# '' Melodinus philliraeoides'' Labill. - New Caledonia
# '' Melodinus reticulatus'' Boiteau - New Caledonia
# '' Melodinus scandens'' J. R. Forst & G. Forst. - New Caledonia
# '' Melodinus suaveolens'' (Hance) Champ. ex Benth. - Guangdong, Hong Kong, Hainan, Guangxi, Vietnam
# '' Melodinus tenuicaudatus'' Tsiang & P. T. Li - Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi
# '' Melodinus vitiensis'' Rolfe - Loyalty Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu
References
Apocynaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Apocynaceae-stub