Melicytus

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]

Melicytus
Melicytus ramiflorus
Scientific classification
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]
Hymenanthera R.Br. (1818) Solenantha G.Don (1832) Tachites Sol. ex Gaertn. (1788)

Species

19 species are accepted.^[1]

• Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones^[3] – porcupine shrub (New Zealand)^[4]
• Melicytus angustifolius (R.Br. ex DC.) Garn.-Jones^[3] (New Zealand) [pro. parte synonym of Melicytus dentatus ^[5]]
• Melicytus chathamicus (F.Muell.) Garn.-Jones^[3] – Chatham Island mahoe (Chatham Islands, New Zealand)^[6]
• Melicytus crassifolius (Hook.f.) Garn.-Jones^[3] – thick-leaved mahoe (New Zealand)^[7]
• Melicytus dentatus (R.Br. ex DC.) Molloy & Mabb. – tree violet (Australia),^[8] sometimes present in New Zealand^[9]
• Melicytus drucei Molloy & B.D.Clarkson – Druce's mahoe, Mt Egmont shrub mahoe
• Melicytus fasciger Gillespie
• Melicytus flexuosus B.P.J.Molloy & A.P.Druce
• Melicytus improcerus Heenan, Courtney & Molloy
• Melicytus lanceolatus Hook.f. – narrow-leaved mahoe
• Melicytus latifolius (Endl.) P.S.Green
• Melicytus macrophyllus A.Cunn. - large-leaved mahoe
• Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f. – swamp mahoe
• Melicytus novae-zelandiae (A.Cunn.) P.S.Green^[3] – coastal mahoe (New Zealand)^[10]
• Melicytus obovatus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones^[3] (New Zealand)^[11]
• Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
• Melicytus ramiflorus, J.R. & G. Forster – mahoe or whitey-wood
• Melicytus × ramilanceolatus Allan
• Melicytus samoensis (Christoph.) A.C.Sm.
• Melicytus venosus Courtney, Heenan, Molloy & de Lange

References

1. 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. "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.

External links

• Data related to Melicytus at Wikispecies