Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

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Name scientific

Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 123 (1776)

Preferred name

Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Taxonomy reference

Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; de Lange, P.J.; Molloy, B.P.J. 2018: Three new Melicytus species from central New Zealand and a revised circumscription of Melicytus obovatus (Violaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 56: 51–83. (Published online: Published online: 14 Nov 2017)

Linked name

Melicytus

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Authors

J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Publication place

Forster, J.R.; Forster, G. 1776: Characteres Generum Plantarum quas in Itinere ad Insulas Maris Australis Collegerunt, Descripserunt, Delinearunt, Annis. Edition 2. White, Cadell & Elmsley, London.

Year published

1776

Publication page

123

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Type taxon

Melicytus ramiflorus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Melicytus

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Violaceae

Genus

Melicytus

Subordinates

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Māhoe

Synonyms

Hymenanthera R.Br.

Associations

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Associated organism

Association source

Catharomnion ciliatum (Hedw.) Hook.f. & Wilson

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Dactylanthus taylorii Hook.f.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Earina aestivalis Cheeseman

CHR (3 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Haematomma alpinum R.W.Rogers

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Ileostylus micranthus (Hook.f.) Tiegh.

CHR (2 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Lopholejeunea colensoi Steph.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Lopidium concinnum (Hook.) Hook.f. & Wilson

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Pannaria Delise ex Bory

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Papillaria leuconeura (Müll.Hal.) A.Jaeger

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Plagiochila stephensoniana Mitt.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Pseudotaxiphyllum falcifolium (Hook.f. & Wilson) S.He

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Teloschistes Norman

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

Descriptions

Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Hymenanthera R.Br.

Description

Fls small, regular, perfect or unisexual, solitary or fascicled, axillary and/or on branchlets below lvs. Calyx deeply 5-lobed, or sepals united only at very base; petals 5; anthers 5, subsessile, connate, joined by membrane, which is produced above anthers into 5 triangular ± fimbriate teeth; nectariferous scale or sac dorsal. Styles 2-(3-4)-fid; fr. baccate, with (1)-2-(3-4) strophiolate seeds, endosperm plentiful. Slender to rigid shrubs; bark lenticellate; lvs alt. or fasciculate, with somewhat thickened margins and minute, fugaceous stipules. About 10 spp. of N.Z., Australia, Tasmania, Norfolk Id. The N.Z. spp. endemic, except perhaps the sp. referred to

Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Description

Plant dioec.; fls small, regular, fascicled (occ. solitary) the fascicles axillary or on branchlets below lvs; pedicels with a pair of minute bracts. Calyx 5-lobed or toothed; petals 5, spreading; anthers 5, sessile, free or united by toothed membrane; nectariferous scale or sac dorsal on anther or membrane. Ovary 1-celled; placentae 3-5, parietal; style (2)-3- 6-fid, or stigma subsessile, lobed. Berry with few black ± angled seeds. Trees or shrubs with alt., minutely stipulate lvs. Genus of 4 spp., of which M. ramiflorus extends to Norfolk, Tonga and Fiji Islands.

Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.