Melodinus

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.[1][2] A type of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids called melodinines can be isolated from Melodinus plants.[3]

Melodinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Rauvolfioideae
Tribe: Melodineae
Genus: Melodinus
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Synonyms[1]
  • Bicorona A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle
  • Clitandropsis S.Moore
  • Echaltium Wight
  • Lycimnia Hance in W.G.Walpers
  • Neowollastonia Wernham ex Ridl.
  • Oncinus Lour.
  • Pseudo-willughbeia Markgr.
  • Rhytileucoma F.Muell.
  • Trichostomanthemum Domin

Species

Accepted species include:[1]

Friut of Melodinus suaveolens
  1. Melodinus acutiflorus F.Muell. - Papua New Guinea, Queensland, New South Wales
  2. Melodinus aeneus Baill. - New Caledonia
  3. Melodinus angustifolius Hayata - Taiwan, N Vietnam
  4. Melodinus australis (F.Muell.) Pierre - New Guinea, Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu
  5. Melodinus axillaris W.T.Wang - Yunnan
  6. Melodinus balansae Baill. - New Caledonia
  7. Melodinus baueri Endl. - E Kalimantan, Papua New Guinea, Norfolk Island
  8. Melodinus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr. - Indochina, W Malaysia, E Himalayas (Assam, Bhutan, Bangladesh, etc.), Yunnan
  9. Melodinus cumingii A.DC. - Philippines
  10. Melodinus densistriatus Markgr. - New Guinea
  11. Melodinus forbesii Fawc. - Bali, Lombok, Timor, Flores, Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea
  12. Melodinus fusiformis Champ. ex Benth. - China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou), Indochina, Luzon
  13. Melodinus glaber Turrill - Vanuatu, Fiji
  14. Melodinus honbaensis A.Chev. ex Pit. - S Vietnam
  15. Melodinus insularis (Markgr.) Fosberg - Palau
  16. Melodinus orientalis Blume - Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Philippines
  17. Melodinus philippensis A.DC. - Mindoro
  18. Melodinus philliraeoides Labill. - New Caledonia
  19. Melodinus reticulatus Boiteau - New Caledonia
  20. Melodinus scandens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. - New Caledonia
  21. Melodinus suaveolens (Hance) Champ. ex Benth. - Guangdong, Hong Kong, Hainan, Guangxi, Vietnam
  22. Melodinus tenuicaudatus Tsiang & P.T.Li - Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi
  23. Melodinus vitiensis Rolfe - Loyalty Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu

References
  1. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 18, 2014.
  2. Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 147 山橙属 shan chen shu Melodinus J. R. & G. Forster, Char. Gen. Pl. 37, t. 19. 1776.
  3. Feng, T; Cai, XH; Liu, YP; Li, Y; Wang, YY; Luo, XD (2010). "Melodinines A-G, monoterpenoid indole alkaloids from Melodinus henryi". J Nat Prod. 73: 22–6. doi:10.1021/np900595v. PMID 20041704.


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