''Melodinus'' is a genus of

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in the family

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, first described as a genus in 1776. It is native to

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, Meganesia and various islands in the western

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. A type of monoterpenoid

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alkaloids called melodinines can be isolated from ''Melodinus'' plants.

Species

Accepted species include: Fruit_of_Melodinus_suaveolens

# '' 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 be ...

'' (F. Muell.) Pierre - New Guinea, Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu # '' Melodinus axillaris'' W. T. Wang - Yunnan # '' Melodinus balansae'' 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 Islands, Pacific. A type of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids called me ...

'' 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 can be ...

'' Fawc. - Bali, Lombok, Timor, Flores, Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea # '' Melodinus fusiformis'' Champ. ex Benth. - China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou), Indochina, Luzon # '' Melodinus glaber'' Turrill - Vanuatu, Fiji # '' Melodinus honbaensis'' 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 can be ...

'' (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 can be ...

'' 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 can be ...

'' 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 can be ...

'' 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 can be ...

'' 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 can be ...

'' 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 can be ...

'' (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 can be ...

'' 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 can be ...

'' Rolfe - Loyalty Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu

References

Apocynaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Apocynaceae-stub