Melodinus australis

Melodinus australis

Taxonavigation

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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

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Melodinus australis (F.Muell.) Pierre, 1898

Synonyms

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  • 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

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Distribution

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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

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Vernacular names

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