Melodinus acutiflorus

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Melodinus acutiflorus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Melodinus
Species:
M. acutiflorus
Binomial name
Melodinus acutiflorus
F.Muell. [1]

Melodinus acutiflorus is a species of vine, commonly named white-flowered melodinus, byamurra, or merangarra and constituting part of the plant family Apocynaceae. They grow naturally in Papua New Guinea, Queensland and New South Wales in Australia. [2] [3] [4]

The species was formally described in 1857 by Victorian government botanist Ferdinand von Mueller based on plant material found in the vicinity of the Brisbane River. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Melodinus acutiflorus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  2. G. J. Harden & J. B. Williams. "New South Wales Flora Online: Melodinus acutiflorus". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.
  3. F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Melodinus acutiflorus". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government . Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families