Medinilla

For other uses, see Medinilla (disambiguation).
Medinilla
Medinilla cumingii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Medinilla
Gaudich.
Species

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Medinilla is a genus of about 193 species[1] of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to tropical regions of the Old World from Africa (two species) east through Madagascar (about 70 species) and southern Asia to the western Pacific Ocean islands. The genus was named after J. de Medinilla, governor of the Mariana Islands in 1820.

They are evergreen shrubs or lianas. The leaves are opposite or whorled, or alternate in some species. The flowers are white or pink, produced in large panicles.

Selected species

There are approximately 418 species in this genus, including:

Medinilla magnifica is a popular ornamental plant endemic to the Luzon, Mindoro and Panay islands

References

  1. "IUCN.org".

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