Melanolepis

Melanolepis is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1856. It is native to Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and some islands of the western Pacific.

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KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderMalpighiales
FamilyEuphorbiaceae

Native toBismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Philippines

General: from Taiwan, throughout Malesia to New Guinea: Melanolepis

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records: 9
With media: 7
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Collections: BRIT, A, MO, CM
Recorded in: Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, China

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Melanolepis is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1856. It is native to Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and some islands of the western Pacific. Species Melanolepis multiglandulosa (Reinw. ex Blume) Rchb. & Zoll - Nansei-shoto, Mariana Islands, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Maluku, Sulawesi, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan Melanolepis vitifolia (Kuntze) Gagnep. - Vietnam, Cambodia

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