Melanolepis is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1856.[1] It is native to Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and some islands of the western Pacific.[2][3][4]
| Melanolepis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Chrozophoreae |
| Subtribe: | Doryxylinae |
| Genus: | Melanolepis Rchb.f. & Zoll. |
| Type species | |
| Melanolepis multiglandulosa | |
- Species[2]
- Melanolepis multiglandulosa (Reinw. ex Blume) Rchb. & Zoll - Nansei-shoto, Mariana Islands, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Maluku, Sulawesi, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan
- Melanolepis vitifolia (Kuntze) Gagnep. - Vietnam, Cambodia
References edit
- ^ Zollinger, Heinrich (1856) Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae 1(4): 22.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 240 墨鳞 mo lin Melanolepis multiglandulosa (Reinwardt ex Blume) H. G. Reichenbach & Zollinger, Acta Soc. Regiae Sci. Indo-Neêrl. 1(4): 22. 1856., Croton multiglandulosus Reinwardt ex Blume, Catalogus, 105. 1823; Mallotus multiglandulosus (Reinwardt ex Blume) Hurusawa