Melicytus

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Melicytus
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Melicytus ramiflorus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Violaceae
Subfamily: Violoideae
Tribe: Rinoreeae
Subtribe: Hymenantherinae
Genus: Melicytus
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (1776)
Synonyms [1]
  • HymenantheraR.Br. (1818)
  • SolenanthaG.Don (1832)
  • TachitesSol. ex Gaertn. (1788)

Melicytus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Violaceae. Hymenanthera is a synonym. [2] It includes 19 species native to Australia, New Zealand, and the southwestern Pacific. [1]

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Species

19 species are accepted. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. NZOR (Web Service Demonstrator) Archived 2012-12-20 at archive.today
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Species in Melicytus". The Plant List. 22 October 2012.
  4. "Melicytus alpinus". NZ Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  5. NZOR (Web Service Demonstrator) Archived 2012-12-20 at archive.today
  6. "Melicytus chathamicus". NZ Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  7. "Melicytus crassifolius". NZ Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  8. "Melicytus dentatus". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  9. NZOR (Web Service Demonstrator)
  10. "Melicytus novae-zelandiae". NZ Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  11. "Melicytus obovatus". NZ Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 22 October 2012.