Biology:Melodinus acutiflorus

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Short description: Species of plant

Melodinus acutiflorus
Scientific classification edit
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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Melodinus acutiflorus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Melodinus+acutiflorus. 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. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Melodinus~acutiflorus. 
  3. "Melodinus acutiflorus". Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. 2020. https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Melodinus_acutiflorus.htm. 
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Wikidata ☰ Q13932846 entry