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Gmelina

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Kingdom
  
Scientific name
  
Gmelina

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Higher classification
  
Verbenaceae

Order
  
Gmelina uploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommons880Gmelin

Lower classifications
  
Gmelina arborea, Gmelina hainanensis, Gmelina vitiensis, Gmelina lignum-vitreum

Gmelina arborea an important herbal tree


Gmelina is a genus of plants in family Lamiaceae. It consists of about 35 species in Australia, New Guinea, 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.

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Goodbye gmelina tree


Species

This listing draws from de Kok’s 2012 revision of this genus, and additional sources including IPNI, APNI and the Flora of China.

References

Gmelina Wikipedia


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