Circa 230; vide commentarium.
Flores Melicopis xanthoxyloidis .
Flores Melicopis rubrae .
Fructus Melicopis jonesii .
Melicope est genus quod 230 fere species fruticum arborumque familiae Rutacearum continet, ab Insulis Havaianis trans Oceanum Pacificum ad tropicas Asiae , Australiae , Novaeque Zelandiae regiones inventarum . Plantis huius generis sunt folia simplicia aut trifoliata paribus oppositis ordinata, flores in paniculis ordinati, quibus sunt quattuor sepala , quattuor petala , et quattuor aut octo stamina , ac fructus folliculis usque ad quattuor compositi.
Plantis generis Melicopis sunt folia simplicia aut trifoliata paribus oppositis ordinata, vel aliquando verticillata . Flores paniculis ordinantur, et bisexuales aut aliquando sexu uno sunt, aut mare aut femineo . Floribus sunt quattuor sepala et quattuor aut octo stamina . Quattuor (aliquando quinque) carpella in basi funduntur cum stylis fusis, ubi stigma apicis styli simile est. Fructus in folliculis usque ad quattuor in basi fusis consistit, alicui folliculae uno aut duobus seminibus .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Genus Melicope primum anno 1775 a Ioanne Reinhold Forster et Georgio Forster filio rite descriptum est in eorum libro Characteres Generum Plantarum, et typus generis , prima species quam descripserunt, erat Melicope ternata .[ 5]
Melicope nomen genericum a vocabulis Graecis μελι 'mele + κοπη 'divisione' (ad glandulas ad basim ovarii inventas attingente) derivatur.[ 6] Systema Takhtajanum genus in tribum Zanthocylearum subfamiliae Rutoidearum digerit.[ 7]
Melicopes sunt victus variorum animalium , plerumque invertebratorum . Larvae Papilionis ulyssis Melicopen elleryanam petunt. Larvae lepidopterorum generis Thyrocopae inter Melicopen clusiifoliam inventae sunt. Larvae nonnullarum curculionoideorum familiae Belidarum etiam Melicope vescuntur, quamquam plantas infirmas, moribundas, mortuasque malunt.
Nonnullae species Havaianae periclitatae a rectione Civitatum Foederatarum appellantur propter detrimentum habitationis et provocationes plantarum invasivarum et non endemicarum. Nonnullae species iam sunt exstinctae .
Infra sequitur index specierum a Plants of the World Online Iulio 2020 acceptarum.[ 8]
Melicope aberrans T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope accedens (Blume) T.G.Hartley – Asia tropica
Melicope acuminata (Merr.) T.G.Hartley
Melicope adscendens (H.St.John & Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone - Havaii
Melicope aequata T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope affinis T.G.Hartley – Terra Reginae
Melicope alba Lauterb. – Nova Guinea
Melicope albiflora (Rech.) T.G.Hartley – Samoa
Melicope alpestris T.G.Hartley – Philippinae
Melicope aneura (Lauterb.) T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope anisata (H.Mann ) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone mokihana – Havaii (?)
Melicope anomala (Lauterb.) T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope bakeri T.G.Hartley – Madagascaria
Melicope balankazo (H.Perrier) T.G.Hartley
Melicope balansae Guillaumin – Nova Caledonia
Melicope balgooyi Appelhans, W.L.Wagner & K.R.Wood – Tubuai
Melicope balloui (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope barbigera A.Gray – Havaii
Melicope belahe (Baill.) T.G.Hartley
Melicope benguetensis (Elmer) T.G.Hartley
Melicope blancoi T.G.Hartley – Philippinae
Melicope bonwickii (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley – Iava , Borneum , Philippinae, Nova Guinea, Terra Reginae
Melicope borbonica (Bory) T.G.Hartley – Reunio
Melicope boweriana (Christoph.) T.G.Hartley – Samoa
Melicope bracteata (Nadeaud) S.L.Welsh – Insulae Cook , Tubuai, Insulae Societatis
Melicope brassii T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope broadbentiana F.M.Bailey – Terra Reginae
Melicope buennemeijeri T.G.Hartley – Sumatra
Melicope burmahia (Raizada & K.Naray.) T.G.Hartley – Birmania
Melicope burttiana B.C.Stone – Insulae Salomonis , Insula Sanctae Crucis
Melicope buwaldae T.G.Hartley – Sumatra
Melicope calycina T.G.Hartley – Insulae Sunenses Minores
Melicope capillacea (Gillespie) A.C.Sm. – Viti
Melicope carrii T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope celebica T.G.Hartley – Celebis
Melicope chapelieri (Baill.) T.G.Hartley – Mauritius
Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope chunii (Merr.) T.G.Hartley – Hainan
Melicope cinerea A.Gray – Havaii
Melicope clemensiae T.G.Hartley – Borneum
Melicope clusiifolia (A.Gray) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope confusa (Merr.) Tang S.Liu – Asia tropica
Melicope conjuga T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinae ad Archipelagum Bickarckianum
Melicope contermina C.Moore & F.Muell. – Insulae Domini Howe
Melicope coodeana T.G.Hartley – Reunio
Melicope corneri T.G.Hartley – Malaesia Paeninsularis
Melicope cornuta (Hillebr.) Appelhans, K.R.Wood & W.L.Wagner – Havaii
Melicope crassifolia (Merr.) T.G.Hartley – Vietnamia
Melicope crassiramis (K.Schum.) T.G.Hartley
Melicope cravenii T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope crispula (Merr. & L.M.Perry) T.G.Hartley
Melicope cruciata (A.Heller) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone (extincta ) – Havaii
Melicope cucullata (Gillespie) A.C.Sm. – Viti
Melicope degeneri (B.C.Stone) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope denhamii (Seem.) T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea, Vanuatu , Insula Sanctae Crucis
Melicope dicksoniana T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope discolor (Baker) T.G.Hartley
Melicope doormani-montis (Lauterb.) T.G.Hartley
Melicope dubia (Merr.) T.G.Hartley
Melicope durifolia (K.Schum.) T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope elleryana (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea, Insulae Salomonis, Insula Sanctae Crucis, Terra Regina
Melicope elliptica A.Gray – Havaii
Melicope eriophylla (Merr. & L.M.Perry) T.G.Hartley
Melicope erromangensis T.G.Hartley – Vanuatu
Melicope euneura (Miq.) T.G.Hartley
Melicope evanensis (A.C.Sm.) A.C.Sm. – Viti
Melicope exuta T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope fatraina (H.Perrier) T.G.Hartley
Melicope fatuhivensis (F.Br.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Insulae Marchionis
Melicope feddei (H.Lév.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope fellii T.G.Hartley – Terra Reginae
Melicope flaviflora A.C.Sm. – Viti
Melicope floribunda (Baker) T.G.Hartley
Melicope forbesii (Baker f.) T.G.Hartley – Insula Sanctae Crucis
Melicope frutescens (Blanco) Appelhans & J.Wen
Melicope fulva (Guillaumin) B.C.Stone – Nova Caledonia
Melicope glabella T.G.Hartley – Philippinae
Melicope glaberrima Guillaumin – Nova Caledonia
Melicope glabra (Blume) T.G.Hartley – Malaesia , Andaman et Nicobar Islands
Melicope glomerata (Craib) T.G.Hartley – Asia Meridio-Orientalis Continentalis
Melicope goilalensis T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope grisea (Planch.) T.G.Hartley – Insulae Bonin ad Volcano Islands
Melicope haleakalae (B.C.Stone) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone (extincta ) – Havaii
Melicope haupuensis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope hawaiensis (Wawra) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope hayesii T.G.Hartley – Terra Reginae, Nova Cambria Australis
Melicope hiepkoi T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope hiiakae (B.C.Stone) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope hivaoaensis J.Florence – Insulae Marchionis
Melicope homeophylla A.C.Sm. – Viti
Melicope hookeri T.G.Hartley
Melicope hosakae (H.St.John) W.L.Wagner & R.K.Shannon – Havaii
Melicope idiocarpa T.G.Hartley – Celebis
Melicope improvisa T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope incana T.G.Hartley – Sumatra, Borneum, Celebis
Melicope indica Wight
Melicope inopinata J.Florence – Insulae Marchionis
Melicope irifica (Coode) T.G.Hartley – Reunio
Melicope jonesii T.G.Hartley – Terra Reginae
Melicope jugosa T.G.Hartley – Borneum
Melicope kaalaensis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope kainantuensis T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope kavaiensis (H.Mann) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope kjellbergii T.G.Hartley – Celebis
Melicope knudsenii (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope kostermansii T.G.Hartley – Insulis Moluccis ad Novam Guinea
Melicope laevis T.G.Hartley – Vanuatu
Melicope lamii Lauterb. – Nova Guinea
Melicope lasioneura (Baill.) Baill. ex Guillaumin
Melicope latifolia (DC.) T.G.Hartley – Malaesia, Insula Sundensis Minor, Birmania, Samoa, Insula Sanctae Crucis
Melicope lauterbachii T.G.Hartley
Melicope laxa (Elmer)T.G.Hartley
Melicope leptococca Guillaumin – Nova Caledonia
Melicope littoralis (Endl.) T.G.Hartley ex P.S.Green – Insula Norfolcensis
Melicope lobocarpa (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley
Melicope longior T.G.Hartley – Archipelagus Bismarckianus
Melicope lucida (A.Gray) A.C.Sm. – Insulae Pacificae
Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G.Hartley – Tibetum , Asia tropica
Melicope lydgatei (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone - Havaii
Melicope macgregorii T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope macrocarpa (King) T.G.Hartley – Malaesia
Melicope macrophylla Merr. & L.M.Perry – Nova Guinea
Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope madagascariensis (Baker) T.G.Hartley – Madagascaria
Melicope magnifolia (Baill.) T.G.Hartley
Melicope makahae (B.C.Stone) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope maliliensis T.G.Hartley – Celebis
Melicope margaretae (F.Br.) T.G.Hartley – Tuamotu Insulae
Melicope maxii T.G.Hartley – Celebis
Melicope megastigma T.G.Hartley – Insulae Moluccae
Melicope micrococca (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley white euodia – Terra Reginae, Nova Cambria Australis
Melicope mindorensis T.G.Hartley – Philippinae
Melicope molokaiensis (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope moluccana T.G.Hartley – Insulae Moluccae
Melicope montana Baker f. – Nova Caledonia
Melicope monticola T.G.Hartley
Melicope mucronata Merr. & L.M.Perry – Nova Guinea
Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope nealae (B.C.Stone) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope neglecta T.G.Hartley – Iava ad Insulas Sundenses Minores
Melicope nishimurae (Koidz.) T.Yamaz. – Insulae Bonin
Melicope novoguineensis Valeton – Nova Guinea
Melicope nubicola T.G.Hartley – Insulae Salomonis
Melicope nukuhivensis (F.Br.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Insulae Marchionis
Melicope oahuensis (H.Lév.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope oblanceolata T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope obovata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone (extincta ) – Hawaii
Melicope obscura (Cordem.) T.G.Hartley – Reunio
Melicope obtusifolia (DC.) T.G.Hartley gros catafaille – Mauritius
Melicope oppenheimeri K.R.Wood, Appelhans & W.L.Wagner
Melicope orbicularis (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope ovalis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope ovata (H.St.John & E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope pachyphylla (King) T.G.Hartley – Malaesia
Melicope pachypoda (Lauterb.) T.G.Hartley
Melicope pahangensis T.G.Hartley – Laotia
Melicope palawensis (Lauterb.) T.G.Hartley – Philippinae
Melicope pallida (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope paniculata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope papuana (Lauterb.) Lauterb. – Nova Guinea
Melicope patulinervia (Merr. & Chun) C.C.Huang – Hainan
Melicope pauciflora T.G.Hartley – Celebis
Melicope pedicellata T.G.Hartley – Nova Caledonia
Melicope peduncularis (H.Lév.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope pendula T.G.Hartley – Insulae Salomonis
Melicope peninsularis T.G.Hartley – Terra Reginae
Melicope pergamentacea (Elmer) T.G.Hartley
Melicope perlmanii J.Florence – Insulae Marchionis
Melicope perryae T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope petiolaris T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope phanerophlebia (Merr. & L.M.Perry) T.G.Hartley
Melicope polydenia Merr. & L.M.Perry – Nova Guinea
Melicope polybotrya (C.Moore & F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley ex P.S.Green Insula Domini Howe
Melicope ponapensis Lauterb. – Insulae Carolinae
Melicope pseudoanisata (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope pteleifolia (Champ. ex Benth.) T.G.Hartley – Sina meridiana ad Indosinam , Taivania
Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope pubifolia Merr. & L.M.Perry – Nova Guinea
Melicope pulgarensis (Elmer) T.G.Hartley
Melicope quadrangularis (H.St.John & E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope quadrilocularis (Hook. & Arn.) T.G.Hartley – Insulaa Bonin
Melicope radiata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope ramuliflora T.G.Hartley – Sumatra
Melicope reflexa (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope remyi (Sherff) Appelhans, K.R.Wood & W.L.Wagner – Havaii
Melicope reticulata Lauterb. – Nova Guinea
Melicope retusa (A.Gray) T.G.Hartley – Oceanus Pacificus australis et occidens
Melicope revoluta J.Florence – Insulae Marchionis
Melicope rhytidocarpa (Merr. & L.M.Perry) T.G.Hartley
Melicope richii {A.Gray) T.G.Hartley – Samoa
Melicope ridsdalei T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope rigoensis T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope robbinsii T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope robusta A.C.Sm. –Viti
Melicope rostrata (Hillebr.) Appelhans, K.R.Wood & W.L.Wagner – Havaii
Melicope rotundifolia (A.Gray) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope rubra (K.Schum. & Lauterb.) T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea, Terra Reginae
Melicope saint-johnii (E.P.Hume) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope sambiranensis (H.Perrier) T.G.Hartley
Melicope sandwicensis (Hook. & Arn.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope savaiensis T.G.Hartley – Samoa
Melicope schraderi (Lauterb.) T.G.Hartley
Melicope seemannii (Gillespie) A.C.Sm. – Viti, Tonga
Melicope segregis (Cordem.) T.G.Hartley – Reunio
Melicope semecarpifolia (Merr.) T.G.Hartley – Taivaia ad Philippinas
Melicope sessilifolia (Merr.) T.G.Hartley
Melicope sessilis (H.Lév.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope simplex A.Cunn. poataniwha – Nova Zelandia
Melicope sororia T.G.Hartley – Borneum
Melicope spathulata A.Gray – Havaii
Melicope steenisii T.G.Hartley – Sumatra
Melicope stellulata T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope sterrophylla Merr. & L.M.Perry – Nova Guinea
Melicope stonei K.R.Wood, Appelhans & W.L.Wagner – Havaii
Melicope suberosa B.C.Stone – Malaesia Paeninsularis
Melicope subunifoliolata (Stapf) T.G.Hartley
Melicope sudestica T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope sulcata T.G.Hartley – Samoa
Melicope tahitensis Nadeaud – Insulae Societatis, Nova Caledonia
Melicope taveuniensis A.C.Sm. – Viti
Melicope tekaoensis T.G.Hartley – Insulae Marchionis
Melicope ternata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. wharangi – Nova Zelandia
Melicope timorensis T.G.Hartley – Insulae Sundenses Minores
Melicope trachycarpa Lauterb. – Nova Guinea
Melicope trichantha (Lauterb.) T.G.Hartley
Melicope trichopetala (Lauterb.) T.G.Hartley
Melicope triphylla (Lam.) Merr. – Indosina ad Insulas Ryukyu et Oceanus Pacificus australis et occidens
Melicope tsaratananensis (Capuron) T.G.Hartley
Melicope vatiana (Setch.) T.G.Hartley – Samoa
Melicope versteeghii T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope vieillardii (Baill.) Guillaumin – Nova Caledonia
Melicope villosa (Merr.) T.G.Hartley
Melicope vinkii T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope viticina (Wall. ex Kurz) T.G.Hartley – Yunan ad Indosinam
Melicope vitiflora (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea, Terra Reginae, Nova Cambria Australis
Melicope volcanica (A.Gray) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope waialealae (Wawra) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope wailauensis (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope wawraeana (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone – Havaii
Melicope woitapensis T.G.Hartley – Nova Guinea
Melicope xanthoxyloides (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley – Terra Reginae, Nova Guinea
Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone
Melicope zambalensis (Elmer) T.G.Hartley
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