മെലീന

ലാമിയേസീ കുടുംബത്തിലെ സസ്യങ്ങളുടെ ഒരു ജനുസാണ് മെലീന (Gmelina). ആകെ 35 സ്പീഷിസുകൾ ഉള്ളതിൽ ആസ്ത്രേലിയ, ന്യൂ ഗിനിയ, ന്യൂ കാലിഡോണിയ, തെക്കുകിഴക്കേഷ്യ, ഇന്ത്യ, കുറച്ചെണ്ണം ആഫ്രിക്കയിൽ എന്നിങ്ങനെയാണ് ഇവയുടെ വിതരണം. യൊഹാൻ ജോർജ് മെലീന്റെ ബഹുമാനാർത്ഥം ലിനയസ് ആണ് ഈ ജനുസിന് ഈ പേരുനൽകിയത്.

മെലീന
Gmelina arborea
ശാസ്ത്രീയ വർഗ്ഗീകരണം
കിങ്ഡം:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae

സ്പീഷിസുകൾ

കോകിന്റെ 2012- ലെ റിവിഷനിൽ നിന്നും, and additional sources including IPNI, APNI and the Flora of China.

• 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
• Gmelina dalrympleana (F.Muell.) H.J.Lam – Wet tropics & Cape York, Australia, New Guinea
• Gmelina delavayana Dop – Sichuan & Yunnan, China endemic
• 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 hollrungii de Kok – Moluccas, New Guinea, NT, N. Qld & WA, Australia as G. schlecteri, Solomon Is.
• Gmelina lecomtei Dop – Yunnan, Kwantung, Hainan, China, Laos, Vietnam
• 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
• 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, 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

അവലംബം

അവലംബം നൽകിയ ഗ്രന്ഥങ്ങൾ

• Chen, Shou-liang; Gilbert, Michael G. (1994). "Gmelina Linnaeus". efloras.org. Missouri Botanical Garden Press and Harvard University Herbaria. Retrieved 18 Mar 2013. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (Dec 2010). "Home". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Edition 6.1, online version [RFK 6.1]. Cairns, Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), through its Division of Plant Industry; the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research; the Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University. Retrieved 18 Mar 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)

ചിത്രശാല

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  Gmelina villosa painting from "Flora de Filipinas … Gran edicion … Atlas I".
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  Gmelina asiatica in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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  Gmelina asiatica in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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  Gmelina asiatica in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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  Gmelina asiatica in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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  Gmelina asiatica developing fruit, in the botanical garden of Kariyavattam University Campus, Trivandrum