Melanolepis

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Acalyphoideae
Tribus: Chrozophoreae
Subtribus: Doryxylinae
Genus: Melanolepis
Species: M. multiglandulosa – M. vitifolia
Name

Melanolepis Rchb. ex Zoll., Acta Soc. Regiae Sci. Indo-Neerl. 1(4): 22. (1856)

Type species: Melanolepis multiglandulosa Rchb. & Zoll., Linnaea 28(3): 324. (1857)

References

Reichenbach, H.G.L. 1856. Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae 1(4): 22.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Melanolepis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Melanolepis. Published online. Accessed: May 3 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Melanolepis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 3.

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]

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

Zollinger, Heinrich (1856) Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae 1(4): 22.
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