Gmelina
Gmelina is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae. It consists of about 35 species, native to Australia, Southeast Asia, India, New Guinea and New Caledonia. 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.
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 – India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, S. China, Gmelina asiatica – India, Sri Lanka, Burma, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Gmelina australis – Northern Territory, AustraliaGmelina basifilum – New Guinea, New BritainGmelina chinensis – S. China, Laos, VietnamGmelina dalrympleana – Wet tropics & Cape York, Australia, New GuineaGmelina delavayana – Sichuan & Yunnan, China endemicGmelina elliptica – India, Burma, S. China, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Gmelina evoluta – New CaledoniaGmelina fasciculiflora, Northern white beech – Wet Tropics AustraliaGmelina hainanensis – S. China, VietnamGmelina hollrungii – Moluccas, New Guinea, NT, N. Qld & WA, Solomon Is.Gmelina lecomtei – Yunnan, Kwantung, Hainan, China, Laos, VietnamGmelina ledermannii – New GuineaGmelina leichhardtii, White beech – eastern NSW & QLD, AustraliaGmelina lepidota – Moluccas, New Guinea, New BritainGmelina lignum-vitreum – endangered New Caledonia endemicGmelina magnifica – New CaledoniaGmelina moluccana – Moluccas, New Guinea, Solomon Is.Gmelina neocaledonica – New CaledoniaGmelina palawensis Gmelina papuana – New GuineaGmelina peltata – Solomon Is.Gmelina philippensis – Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, ThailandGmelina racemosa ; syn.: G. hainanensis – Hainan Island & southern China, VietnamGmelina salomonensis – Solomon Is. endemicGmelina schlechteri – New GuineaGmelina sessilis – New Guinea, New BritainGmelina smithii – New GuineaGmelina szechwanensis – Sichuan China, de Kok did not see the type specimen but considers this within G. philippinensisGmelina tholicola – New CaledoniaGmelina uniflora – Borneo endemicGmelina vitiensis – Fiji endemic