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Melhania

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Melhania
Melhania oblongifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Dombeyoideae
Genus: Melhania
Forssk. (1775)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Brotera Cav. (1800)
  • Cardiostegia C.Presl (1851)
  • Paramelhania Arènes (1949)
  • Pentaglottis Wall.
  • Sprengelia Schult. (1809), nom. illeg.
  • Trochetiopsis Marais (1981)
  • Vialia Vis. (1841)

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]

Species

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The following species are recognised by Plants of the World Online (POWO):

Melhania decanthera (Cav.) DC and M. laurifolia Bojer are now in Dombeya (as D. decanthera and D. laurifolia).[4]

A 2021 study subsumed Trochetiopsis, endemic to Saint Helena, and Paramelhania, native to Madagascar, into Melhania.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Verdoorn, I. C. (1981). "Revision of Melhania in southern Africa". Bothalia - African Biodiversity and Conservation. 13 (3, 4). Cape Town: AOSIS: 271–272. doi:10.4102/abc.v13i3/4.1315.
  2. ^ "Melhania Forssk". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Hinsley, Stewart R. (2009): Partial Synonymy of Melhania. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  5. ^ 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.