Melhania
Melhania is a genus of small shrubs or herbaceous plants.[1] Traditionally included in the family Sterculiaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae in the APG and most subsequent systematics. The genus is named for Mount Melhan in Yemen.[1][3]
| Melhania | |
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| Melhania oblongifolia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Dombeyoideae |
| Genus: | Melhania Forssk.[1] |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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The following species are recognised by Plants of the World Online (POWO):[4]
- Melhania acuminata Mast.
- Melhania albiflora (Hiern) Exell & Mendonça
- Melhania ambovombeensis Arènes
- Melhania andrahomanensis Arènes
- Melhania angustifolia K.Schum.
- Melhania annua Thulin
- Melhania apiculata Baker f.
- Melhania beguinotii Cufod.
- Melhania brachycarpa Domin
- Melhania burchellii DC.
- Melhania cannabina Wight ex Mast.
- Melhania carrissoi Exell & Mendonça
- Melhania corchoriflora Baill.
- Melhania coriacea Chiov.
- Melhania damarana Harv.
- Melhania decaryana Arènes
- Melhania dehnhardtii K.Schum.
- Melhania denhamii R.Br.
- Melhania didyma Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Melhania engleriana K.Schum.
- Melhania fiherenanensis Arènes
- Melhania forbesii Planch. ex Mast.
- Melhania fruticosa Arènes
- Melhania futteyporensis Munro ex Mast.
- Melhania hamiltoniana Wall.
- Melhania hiranensis Thulin
- Melhania humbertii Arènes
- Melhania incana B.Heyne ex Wight & Arn.
- Melhania integra I.Verd.
- Melhania itampoloensis (Hochr.) Arènes
- Melhania jaberi Abedin
- Melhania javanica Adelb.
- Melhania kelleri Schinz
- Melhania latibracteolata Dorr
- Melhania magnifolia Blatt. & Hallb.
- Melhania mananarensis Arènes
- Melhania menafe Arènes
- Melhania minutissima Hochr.
- Melhania muricata Balf.f.
- Melhania oblongifolia F.Muell.
- Melhania orbiculari-dentata Arènes
- Melhania ovata (Cav.) Spreng.
- Melhania parviflora Chiov.
- Melhania perrieri Hochr.
- Melhania phillipsiae Baker f.
- Melhania poissonii Arènes
- Melhania polygama I.Verd.
- Melhania polyneura K.Schum.
- Melhania praemorsa Dorr
- Melhania prostrata Burch.
- Melhania quercifolia Thulin
- Melhania randii Baker f.
- Melhania rehmannii Szyszył.
- Melhania rotundata Hochst. ex Mast.
- Melhania sidoides (Wight & Arn.) Noltie
- Melhania somalensis Baker f.
- Melhania spathulata Arènes
- Melhania steudneri Schweinf.
- Melhania stipulosa J.R.I.Wood
- Melhania substricta Dorr
- Melhania suluensis Gerstner
- Melhania transvaalensis Szyszył.
- Melhania tulearensis Arènes
- Melhania velutina Forssk.
- Melhania virescens K.Schum.
- Melhania vohipalensis Arènes
- Melhania volleseniana Dorr
- Melhania zavattarii Cufod.
Melhania decanthera (Cav.) DC and M. laurifolia Bojer are now in Dombeya (as D. decanthera and D. laurifolia).[5]
References
- Verdoorn, I. C. (1981). "Revision of Melhania in southern Africa". Bothalia - African Biodiversity and Conservation. Cape Town: AOSIS. 13 (3, 4): 271–272. doi:10.4102/abc.v13i3/4.1315.
- Hinsley, Stewart R. (2007): Synonymy of Malvaceae. Retrieved 25 June 2008.
- Quattrocchi, Umberto (1999). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. 3. CRC Press. p. 1650. ISBN 9780849326776. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- "Melhania". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- Hinsley, Stewart R. (2009): Partial Synonymy of Melhania. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
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