Melicytus
Encyclopedia
Melicytus is a genus of plant
in family Violaceae
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Species include:
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in family Violaceae
Violaceae
Violaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of about 800 species in 21 genera. It takes its name from the genus Viola, the violets and pansies.Older classifications such as the Cronquist system placed Violaceae in an order named after it, the Violales...
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Species include:
- Melicytus crassifolius – Thick-leaved Mahoe
- Melicytus dentatusMelicytus dentatusMelicytus dentatus is a shrub that is native to south-east Australia. It grows up to 4 metres high and has branchlets that are often armed with spines and have leaves that are 5 to 50 mm long and sometimes toothed. The flowers appear in spring and summer and are pale yellow, 3 to 5 mm...
– Tree Violet - Melicytus drucei
- Melicytus flexuosusMelicytus flexuosusMelicytus flexuosus is a species of plant in the Violaceae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.-Source:* de Lange, P.J. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
B.P.J.Molloy & A.P.Druce - Melicytus ramiflorusMelicytus ramiflorusMelicytus ramiflorus is a small tree of the family Violaceae endemic to New Zealand.It grows up to 10 metres high with a trunk up to 60 cm in diameter, it has smooth, whitish bark and brittle twigs...
, J.R. & G. Forster – Māhoe or Whitey-wood