Melodinus acutiflorus
Species of plant
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Melodinus acutiflorus is a species of vine, commonly named white-flowered melodinus, byamurra, or merangarra and constituting part of the plant family Apocynaceae. They grow naturally in Papua New Guinea, Queensland and New South Wales in Australia.[2][3][4]
| Melodinus acutiflorus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Melodinus |
| Species: | M. acutiflorus |
| Binomial name | |
| Melodinus acutiflorus F.Muell.[1] | |
The species was formally described in 1857 by Victorian government botanist Ferdinand von Mueller based on plant material found in the vicinity of the Brisbane River.[1]
