Medinilla

For other uses, see Medinilla (disambiguation).

Medinilla
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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 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 acuminata Philippines
• Medinilla arboricola China
• Medinilla assamica China
• Medinilla astronioides Philippines
• Medinilla banahaensis Elmer Philippines
• Medinilla beamanii Borneo
• Medinilla brevipendunculata Philippines
• Medinilla clemetis Philippines
• Medinilla congesta Philippines
• Medinilla cordata Philippines
• Medinilla cummingii Philippines
• Medinilla curtisii
• Medinilla dolichophylla Merr. Philippines
• Medinilla erythrophylla China, Nepal
• Medinilla fengii China
• Medinilla formosana Taiwan
• Medinilla fuligineo-glandulifera China
• Medinilla hainanensis China
• Medinilla halconensis Philippines
• Medinilla hayataiana Taiwan
• Medinilla himalayana China
• Medinilla involucrata Philippines
• Medinilla lanceata China
• Medinilla luchuenensis China
• Medinilla magnifica Philippines

File:Medinilla magnifica flor.jpg

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

• Medinilla malindangensis Philippines
• Medinilla merrillii Philippines
• Medinilla mindorensis Merr. Philippines
• Medinilla miniata Philippines
• Medinilla multiflora Philippines
• Medinilla mytiformis Philippines
• Medinilla nana China
• Medinilla petelotii China
• Medinilla pycnantha Quisumb. & Merr. Philippines
• Medinilla ramiflora Philippines
• Medinilla rubicunda China
• Medinilla scortechinii Philippines
• Medinilla sedifolia
• Medinilla septentrionalis China
• Medinilla speciosa Philippines
• Medinilla venosa Indonesia, Philippines
• Medinilla waterhousei Fiji "Tagimaucia"
• Medinilla yunnanensis China

External links

• Germplasm Resources Information Network: Medinilla
• Flora of China: Medinilla species list
• Renner, S. S. (2004). Multiple Miocene Melastomataceae dispersal between Madagascar, Africa and India. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B Biol. Sci. 359(1450): 1485-1494 (pdf file)