''Melodinus'' is a genus of
plant in the family
Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1776. It is native to
Indomalaya,
Meganesia
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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
''Melodinus axillaris'' is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Yunnan Province in southern China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most po ...
'' W. T. Wang - Yunnan
# ''Melodinus balansae
''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 ca ...
'' 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
''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 ca ...
'' Markgr. - New Guinea
# ''Melodinus forbesii
''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 ca ...
'' 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
''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 ca ...
'' Turrill - Vanuatu, Fiji
# ''Melodinus honbaensis
''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 ca ...
'' A. Chev. ex Pit. - S Vietnam
# ''Melodinus insularis
''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 ca ...
'' (Markgr.) Fosberg - Palau
# ''Melodinus orientalis
''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 ca ...
'' Blume - Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Philippines
# ''Melodinus philippensis
''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 ca ...
'' A.DC. - Mindoro
# ''Melodinus philliraeoides
''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 ca ...
'' Labill. - New Caledonia
# ''Melodinus reticulatus
''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 ca ...
'' Boiteau - New Caledonia
# ''Melodinus scandens
''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 ca ...
'' J. R. Forst & G. Forst. - New Caledonia
# ''Melodinus suaveolens
''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 ca ...
'' (Hance) Champ. ex Benth. - Guangdong, Hong Kong, Hainan, Guangxi, Vietnam
# ''Melodinus tenuicaudatus
''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 ca ...
'' Tsiang & P. T. Li - Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi
# ''Melodinus vitiensis
''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 ca ...
'' Rolfe - Loyalty Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu
References
Apocynaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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