Gmelina 

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• Gmelina is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae

•  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

  • subsp. celebica (Moldenke) de Kok – Sulawesi

  • subsp. palawensis – Palau Is.

  • Gmelina papuana Bakh. – New Guinea

  • Gmelina peltata de Kok – Solomon Is.

  • Gmelina philippensis Cham. – Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand

  • Gmelina racemosa (Lour.) Merr.; syn.: G. hainanensis Oliver – Hainan Island & southern China, Vietnam[9]

  • Gmelina salomonensis Bakh. – Solomon Is. endemic

  • Gmelina schlechteri H.J.Lam – New Guinea

  • Gmelina sessilis C.T.White & W.D.Francis – New Guinea, New Britain

  • Gmelina smithii Moldenke – New Guinea

  • Gmelina szechwanensis K. Yao – Sichuan China,[10] de Kok did not see the type specimen but considers this within G. philippinensis

  • Gmelina tholicola Mabb. – New Caledonia

  • Gmelina uniflora Stapf – Borneo endemic

  • Gmelina vitiensis (Seem.) A.C.Sm. – Fiji endemic

Source of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmelina