Medinilla
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For other uses, see Medinilla (disambiguation).
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Medinilla is a genus of about 150 species of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to tropical regions of the Old World from Africa (two species) east through Madagascar (about 70 species) and southern Asia to the western Pacific Ocean islands. The genus was named after J. de Medinilla, governor of the Mariana Islands in 1820.
They are evergreen shrubs or lianas. The leaves are opposite or whorled, or alternate in some species. The flowers are white or pink, produced in large panicles.
- Selected species
- Medinilla arboricola. China.
- Medinilla assamica. China.
- Medinilla beamanii. Borneo.
- Medinilla cumingii. Philippines.
- Medinilla curtisii
- Medinilla erythrophylla. China, Nepal.
- Medinilla fengii. China.
- Medinilla formosana. China.
- Medinilla fuligineo-glandulifera. China.
- Medinilla hainanensis. China.
- Medinilla hayataiana. China.
- Medinilla himalayana. China.
- Medinilla lanceata. China.
- Medinilla luchuenensis. China.
- Medinilla magnifica. Philippines.
- Medinilla multiflora. Philippines.
- Medinilla nana. China.
- Medinilla petelotii. China.
- Medinilla rubicunda. China.
- Medinilla scortechinii
- Medinilla sedifolia
- Medinilla septentrionalis. China.
- Medinilla venosa. Indonesia, Philippines
- Medinilla yunnanensis. China.
[edit] External links
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Medinilla
- Flora of China: Medinilla species list
- Renner, S. S. (2004). Multiple Miocene Melastomataceae dispersal between Madagascar, Africa and India. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B Biol. Sci. 359(1450): 1485-1494 (pdf file)
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