Melicytus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Mahoe-foliage.jpg

| image_caption = Melicytus ramiflorus

| display_parents = 3

| taxon = Melicytus

| authority = J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (1776)

| synonyms =

  • Hymenanthera R.Br. (1818)
  • Solenantha {{small|G.Don (1832)}}
  • Tachites {{small|Sol. ex Gaertn. (1788)}}

|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:41562-1 Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

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Melicytus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Violaceae. Hymenanthera is a synonym.[http://demo.nzor.org.nz/names/f9005e15-82d6-42ea-b17d-bed280d4ffca NZOR (Web Service Demonstrator)] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121220112748/http://demo.nzor.org.nz/names/f9005e15-82d6-42ea-b17d-bed280d4ffca |date=2012-12-20 }} It includes 19 species native to Australia, New Zealand, and the southwestern Pacific.

Species

19 species are accepted.

  • Melicytus alpinus {{small|(Kirk) Garn.-Jones}}{{cite web|title=Species in Melicytus|work=The Plant List|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Violaceae/Melicytus|date=22 October 2012}} – porcupine shrub (New Zealand){{cite web|title=Melicytus alpinus|work=NZ Plant Conservation Network|url=http://nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.asp?ID=968|accessdate=22 October 2012}}
  • Melicytus angustifolius {{small|(R.Br. ex DC.) Garn.-Jones}} (New Zealand) [pro. parte synonym of Melicytus dentatus [http://demo.nzor.org.nz/names/dced22a2-a8c7-40e8-9db9-63e047208e9e NZOR (Web Service Demonstrator)] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121220095654/http://demo.nzor.org.nz/names/dced22a2-a8c7-40e8-9db9-63e047208e9e |date=2012-12-20 }}]
  • Melicytus chathamicus {{small|(F.Muell.) Garn.-Jones}} – Chatham Island mahoe (Chatham Islands, New Zealand){{cite web|title=Melicytus chathamicus|work=NZ Plant Conservation Network|url=http://nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.asp?ID=582|accessdate=22 October 2012}}
  • Melicytus crassifolius {{small|(Hook.f.) Garn.-Jones}} – thick-leaved mahoe (New Zealand){{cite web|title=Melicytus crassifolius|work=NZ Plant Conservation Network|url=http://nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.asp?ID=283|accessdate=22 October 2012}}
  • Melicytus dentatus {{small|(R.Br. ex DC.) Molloy & Mabb.}} – tree violet (Australia),{{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Melicytus~dentatus |title= Melicytus dentatus |accessdate=22 October 2012 |author=|work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}} sometimes present in New Zealand[https://archive.today/20121220173555/http://demo.nzor.org.nz/names/d2cf845a-5576-4a63-a73a-6b5925374f15 NZOR (Web Service Demonstrator)]
  • Melicytus drucei {{small|Molloy & B.D.Clarkson}} – Druce's mahoe, Mt Egmont shrub mahoe
  • Melicytus fasciger {{small|Gillespie}}
  • Melicytus flexuosus B.P.J.Molloy & A.P.Druce
  • Melicytus improcerus {{small|Heenan, Courtney & Molloy}}
  • Melicytus lanceolatus {{small|Hook.f.}} – narrow-leaved mahoe
  • Melicytus latifolius {{small|(Endl.) P.S.Green}}
  • Melicytus macrophyllus {{small|A.Cunn.}} - large-leaved mahoe
  • Melicytus micranthus {{small|(Hook.f.) Hook.f.}} – swamp mahoe
  • Melicytus novae-zelandiae {{small|(A.Cunn.) P.S.Green}} – coastal mahoe (New Zealand){{cite web|title=Melicytus novae-zelandiae|work=NZ Plant Conservation Network|url=http://nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.asp?ID=972|accessdate=22 October 2012}}
  • Melicytus obovatus {{small|(Kirk) Garn.-Jones}} (New Zealand){{cite web|title=Melicytus obovatus|work=NZ Plant Conservation Network|url=http://nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.asp?ID=584|accessdate=22 October 2012}}
  • Melicytus orarius {{small|Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy}}
  • Melicytus ramiflorus, J.R. & G. Forster – mahoe or whitey-wood
  • Melicytus × ramilanceolatus {{small|Allan}}
  • Melicytus samoensis {{small|(Christoph.) A.C.Sm.}}
  • Melicytus venosus {{small|Courtney, Heenan, Molloy & de Lange}}

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