Gmelina

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.

Gmelina
Gmelina arborea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Subfamily:	Viticoideae
Genus:	Gmelina L.

Species

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

• 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
• Gmelina dalrympleana (F.Muell.) H.J.Lam – Wet tropics & Cape York, Australia, New Guinea
• Gmelina delavayana Dop – Sichuan & Yunnan, China endemic
• 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
• 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
• 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, 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

References

Cited works

• Chen, Shou-liang; Gilbert, Michael G. (1994). "Gmelina Linnaeus". efloras.org. Missouri Botanical Garden Press and Harvard University Herbaria. Retrieved 18 Mar 2013.
• F.A. Zich; B.P.M Hyland; T. Whiffen; R.A. Kerrigan (2020). "Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Home". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Retrieved 22 March 2021.

Gallery

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  Gmelina villosa painting from "Flora de Filipinas … Gran edicion … Atlas I".
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  Gmelina asiatica in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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  Gmelina asiatica in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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  Gmelina asiatica in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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  Gmelina asiatica in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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  Gmelina asiatica developing fruit, in the botanical garden of Kariyavattam University Campus, Trivandrum