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]
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Scientific classification 
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| 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. |
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Species edit
Accepted species include:[1]
- 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 edit
- ^ a b c "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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