Melodinus australis

Melodinus australis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Rauvolfioideae
Tribus: Melodineae
Genus: Melodinus
Species: Melodinus australis

Name

Melodinus australis (F.Muell.) Pierre, 1898

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Chilocarpus australis F.Muell., Fragm. 2: 90 (1860).
• Homotypic
  • Melodinus chilocarpoides F.Muell., Fragm. 6: 118 (1868), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Willughbeia novoguineensis Wernham, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9: 108 (1916).
  • Clitandropsis papuana S.Moore, J. Bot. 61(Suppl.): 31 (1923).
  • Clitandropsis novoguineensis (Wernham) S.Moore ex Markgr., Nova Guinea 14: 279 (1925).
  • Cylindropsis novoguineensis (Wernham) S.Moore ex Markgr., Nova Guinea 14: 279 (1926).
  • Pseudo-willughbeia gracilis Markgr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 61: 174 (1927).
  • Clitandropsis grandiflora Markgr., Brittonia 2: 140 (1936).
  • Clitandropsis crassifolia Kaneh. & Hatus., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 55: 494 (1941).
  • Melodinus novoguineensis (Wernham) Pichon, Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 129 (1948).
  • Melodinus gracilis (Markgr.) Markgr., Blumea 19: 154 (1971).
  • Melodinus grandiflorus (Markgr.) Markgr., Blumea 19: 154 (1971).

Homonyms

• Melodinus australis Maiden & Betche = Melodinus acutiflorus F.Müll.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional:Brazil Bismarck Arch., New Guinea, Solomons, Vanuatu Continental: Australasia Regional:Australia Australia (NE-New South Wales, very rare Northern Territory, coastal Queensland) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Pierre, J.B.L., 1898. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris, n.s., 1: 103

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Melodinus australis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 16. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Melodinus australis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Melodinus australis. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 16 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Melodinus australis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 16.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Melodinus australis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Oct. 2018.

Vernacular names

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