Melhania

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Melhania
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Melhania oblongifolia
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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]
  • BroteraCav.
  • CardiostegiaPresl
  • PentaglottisWall.
  • SideriaEwart & A.H.K.Petrie
  • SprengeliaSchult.
  • VialiaVis.
  • Trochetiopsis ?
  • Paramelhania ?

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]

Melhania decanthera(Cav.) DC and M. laurifoliaBojer are now in Dombeya (as D. decanthera and D. laurifolia ). [5] 2021 study subsumed Trochetiopsis , endemic to Saint Helena, and Paramelhania, native to Madagascar into Melhania. [6] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. ↑ Hinsley, Stewart R. (2007): Synonymy of Malvaceae. Retrieved 25 June 2008.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Melhania". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  5. ↑ Hinsley, Stewart R. (2009): Partial Synonymy of Melhania. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  6. 1 2 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.


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