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