Gmelina
Gmelina arborea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Viticoideae
Genus: Gmelina
L.[1][2]

Gmelina is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae.[1][3][4] It consists of about 35 species in Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Southeast Asia, India and a few in Africa. Some species such as G. arborea have been planted and/or become naturalised in India, Africa and Australia. It was named by Carl Linnaeus in honour of botanist Johann Georg Gmelin.

Species

This listing draws from de Kok's 2012 revision of this genus,[1] and additional sources including IPNI, APNI and the Flora of China.[2]

  • Gmelina arborea Roxb. ex Sm. – India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, S. China, (mainland southeast Asia region)
  • Gmelina asiatica L. – India, Sri Lanka, Burma, China, Thailand, Vietnam, (southeast Asia)
  • Gmelina australis de Kok – Northern Territory, Australia
  • Gmelina basifilum de Kok – New Guinea, New Britain
  • Gmelina chinensis Benth. – S. China, Laos, Vietnam[5]
  • Gmelina dalrympleana (F.Muell.) H.J.Lam – Wet tropics & Cape York, Australia, New Guinea[6]
  • Gmelina delavayana Dop – Sichuan & Yunnan, China endemic[7]
  • Gmelina elliptica Sm. – India, Burma, S. China, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, (SE. Asia)
  • Gmelina evoluta (Däniker) Mabb. – New Caledonia
  • Gmelina fasciculiflora Benth., Northern white beech – Wet Tropics Australia
  • Gmelina hainanensis Oliver – S. China, Vietnam
  • Gmelina hollrungii de Kok – Moluccas, New Guinea, NT, N. Qld & WA, Solomon Is.
  • Gmelina lecomtei Dop – Yunnan, Kwantung, Hainan, China, Laos, Vietnam[8]
  • Gmelina ledermannii H.J.Lam – New Guinea
  • Gmelina leichhardtii (F.Muell.) Benth., White beech – eastern NSW & QLD, Australia
  • Gmelina lepidota Scheff. – Moluccas, New Guinea, New Britain
  • Gmelina lignum-vitreum Guillaumin – endangered New Caledonia endemic
  • Gmelina magnifica Mabb. – New Caledonia
  • Gmelina moluccana (Blume) Backer ex K.Heyne – Moluccas, New Guinea, Solomon Is.
  • Gmelina neocaledonica S.Moore – New Caledonia
  • Gmelina palawensis H.J.Lam
  • subsp. celebica (Moldenke) de Kok – Sulawesi
  • subsp. palawensis – Palau Is.
  • Gmelina papuana Bakh. – New Guinea
  • Gmelina peltata de Kok – Solomon Is.
  • Gmelina philippensis Cham. – Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand
  • Gmelina racemosa (Lour.) Merr.; syn.: G. hainanensis Oliver – Hainan Island & southern China, Vietnam[9]
  • Gmelina salomonensis Bakh. – Solomon Is. endemic
  • Gmelina schlechteri H.J.Lam – New Guinea
  • Gmelina sessilis C.T.White & W.D.Francis – New Guinea, New Britain
  • Gmelina smithii Moldenke – New Guinea
  • Gmelina szechwanensis K. Yao – Sichuan China,[10] de Kok did not see the type specimen but considers this within G. philippinensis
  • Gmelina tholicola Mabb. – New Caledonia
  • Gmelina uniflora Stapf – Borneo endemic
  • Gmelina vitiensis (Seem.) A.C.Sm. – Fiji endemic

References

  1. 1 2 3 de Kok, Rogier (13 July 2012). "A revision of the genus Gmelina (Lamiaceae)". Kew Bulletin. 67 (3): 293–329. doi:10.1007/s12225-012-9382-4. S2CID 12392280.
  2. 1 2 "IPNI: Plant Name search: Gmelina". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Conn, Barry J. (2001). "Gmelina – New South Wales Flora Online". PlantNET - The Plant Information Network System. 2.0. Sydney, Australia: The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust. Retrieved 13 Mar 2013.
  4. ↑ "GRIN Taxonomy for Plants - Gmelina". United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2009-01-14. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
  5. ↑ Chen & Gilbert (1994) Flora of China. Online "Gmelina chinensis". Retrieved 18 Mar 2013.
  6. ↑ F.A. Zich; B.P.M Hyland; T. Whiffen; R.A. Kerrigan (2020). "Gmelina dalrympleana". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  7. ↑ Chen & Gilbert (1994) Flora of China. Online "Gmelina delavayana". Retrieved 18 Mar 2013.
  8. ↑ Chen & Gilbert (1994) Flora of China. Online "Gmelina lecomtei". Retrieved 18 Mar 2013.
  9. ↑ Chen & Gilbert (1994) Flora of China. Online "Gmelina hainanensis". Retrieved 18 Mar 2013.
  10. ↑ Chen & Gilbert (1994) Flora of China. Online "Gmelina szechwanensis". Retrieved 18 Mar 2013.

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