Gmelina
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Gmelina is a genus of plant
in family Lamiaceae
. It was named in honour of botanist Johann Georg Gmelin
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Species include:
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in family Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae
The mints, taxonomically known as Lamiaceae or Labiatae, are a family of flowering plants. They have traditionally been considered closely related to Verbenaceae, but in the 1990s, phylogenetic studies suggested that many genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae...
. It was named in honour of botanist Johann Georg Gmelin
Johann Georg Gmelin
Johann Georg Gmelin was a German naturalist, botanist and geographer.- Early life and education :Gmelin was born in Tübingen, the son of an professor at the University of Tübingen. He was a gifted child and begun attending university lectures at the age of 14. In 1727, he graduated with a medical...
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Species include:
- Gmelina arboreaGmelina arboreaGmelina arborea, , locally known as Gamhar, is a fast growing deciduous tree, occurring naturally throughout greater part of India at altitudes up to 1500 meters...
- Gmelina asiatica
- Gmelina fasciculifloraGmelina fasciculifloraGmelina fasciculiflora, known as the Northern White Beech is a tropical rainforest tree in the mint family. It is endemic to the state of Queensland, in Australia. It is one of five species of the genus Gmelina found in Australia...
- Northern White Beech, Australia - Gmelina hainanensisGmelina hainanensisGmelina hainanensis is a species of plant in the Lamiaceae family. It is found in China and Vietnam. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007....
Oliver - Gmelina leichhardtiiGmelina leichhardtiiGmelina leichhardtii, the White Beech is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. Scattered individuals or small groups of trees naturally occur from the Illawarra district of New South Wales to near Proserpine in tropical Queensland...
- White Beech AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
(NSW and QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
) - Gmelina lignum-vitreumGmelina lignum-vitreumGmelina lignum-vitreum is a species of plant in the Lamiaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia.-References:* Jaffré, T. et al. 1998. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007....
GuillauminAndré GuillauminAndré Louis Joseph Edmond Armand Guillaumin is a French botanist who was born on 21 June 1885 in Arrou and died on 29 May 1974 in Athis-Mons. He obtained his license in natural sciences in 1906 and began work in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris in 1909 as a preparer... - Gmelina vitiensisGmelina vitiensisGmelina vitiensis is a species of plant in the Lamiaceae family. It is endemic to Fiji.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007....
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