Melhania
| Melhania | |
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| Melhania oblongifolia | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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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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]
The following species are recognised by Plants of the World Online (POWO):[4]
- Mast.
- (Hiern) Exell & Mendonça
- Arènes
- Arènes
- Melhania angustifolia K.Schum.
- Melhania annua Thulin
- Baker f.
- Cufod.
- Domin
- Melhania burchellii DC.
- Wight ex Mast.
- Exell & Mendonça
- Baill.
- Chiov.
- Melhania damarana Harv.
- Arènes
- Melhania dehnhardtii K.Schum.
- R.Br.
- Melhania didyma Eckl. & Zeyh.
- K.Schum.
- Arènes
- Melhania forbesii Planch. ex Mast.
- Arènes
- Munro ex Mast.
- Wall.
- Thulin
- Arènes
- B.Heyne ex Wight & Arn.
- Melhania integra I.Verd.
- (Hochr.) Arènes
- Abedin
- Adelb.
- Schinz
- Melhania latibracteolata Dorr
- Blatt. & Hallb.
- Arènes
- Arènes
- Hochr.
- Balf.f.
- F.Muell.
- Arènes
- Melhania ovata (Cav.) Spreng.
- Melhania parviflora Chiov.
- Hochr.
- Melhania phillipsiae Baker f.
- Arènes
- Melhania polygama I.Verd.
- Melhania polyneura K.Schum.
- Dorr
- Burch.
- Thulin
- Melhania randii Baker f.
- Melhania rehmannii Szyszył.
- Melhania rotundata Hochst. ex Mast.
- (Wight & Arn.) Noltie
- Baker f.
- Arènes
- Schweinf.
- J.R.I.Wood
- Melhania substricta Dorr
- Melhania suluensis Gerstner
- Melhania transvaalensis Szyszył.
- Arènes
- Melhania velutina Forssk.
- Melhania virescens K.Schum.
- Arènes
- Melhania volleseniana Dorr
- Cufod.
Melhania decanthera (Cav.) DC and M. laurifolia Bojer are now in Dombeya (as and ).[5] 2021 study subsumed Trochetiopsis, endemic to Saint Helena, and Paramelhania, native to Madagascar into Melhania.[6]
References[]
- ^ a b c 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. Vol. 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.
- ^ Dorr, Laurence J.; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (February 2021). "Indo‐Asian Eriolaena expanded to include two Malagasy genera, and other generic realignments based on molecular phylogenetics of Dombeyoideae (Malvaceae)". Taxon. 70 (1): 99–126. doi:10.1002/tax.12370. ISSN 0040-0262. S2CID 228860710.
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