Melodinus

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
	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;

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 isolated from Melodinus plants.

Species

Accepted species include:

Melodinus acutiflorus F. Muell. - Papua New Guinea, Queensland, New South Wales
Melodinus aeneus Baill. - New Caledonia
Melodinus angustifolius Hayata - Taiwan, N Vietnam
Melodinus australis (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 Markgr. - New Guinea
Melodinus forbesii 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 (Markgr.) Fosberg - Palau
Melodinus orientalis Blume - Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Philippines
Melodinus philippensis A.DC. - Mindoro
Melodinus philliraeoides Labill. - New Caledonia
Melodinus reticulatus Boiteau - New Caledonia
Melodinus scandens J. R. Forst & G. Forst. - New Caledonia
Melodinus suaveolens (Hance) Champ. ex Benth. - Guangdong, Hong Kong, Hainan, Guangxi, Vietnam
Melodinus tenuicaudatus Tsiang & P. T. Li - Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi
Melodinus vitiensis Rolfe - Loyalty Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu

References

1 2 3 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 18, 2014.
↑ 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.
↑ 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 (1): 22–6. doi:10.1021/np900595v. PMID 20041704.

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[o-1] 1 2 3 "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 (1): 22–6. doi:10.1021/np900595v. PMID 20041704.