''Melhania'' is a
genus
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of small shrubs or herbaceous plants.
[ Traditionally included in the ]family
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Sterculiaceae Sterculiaceae was a family of flowering plant based on the genus ''Sterculia''. Genera formerly included in Sterculiaceae are now placed in the family Malvaceae, in the subfamilies: Byttnerioideae, Dombeyoideae, Helicteroideae and Sterculioideae.
A ...
, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ...
in the APG and most subsequent systematics. The genus is named for Mount Melhan in Yemen.Melhania beguinotii
''Melhania'' is a genus of small shrubs or herbaceous plants. 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.
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'' 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
''Melhania dehnhardtii'' is a plant in the family Malvaceae. It is named for the German explorers Clemens and Gustav Denhardt.
Description
''Melhania dehnhardtii'' grows as a suffrutex (subshrub) up to tall. The elliptic to ovate leaves are t ...
'' K.Schum.
*''Melhania denhamii
''Melhania'' is a genus of small shrubs or herbaceous plants. 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.
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'' R.Br.
*''Melhania didyma
''Melhania didyma'' is a plant in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to southern Africa.
Description
''Melhania didyma'' grows as a low bushy shrub tall, sometimes to tall. It branches from near the base, with a woody main stem. The leaves ar ...
'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
*''Melhania engleriana
''Melhania'' is a genus of small shrubs or herbaceous plants. 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.
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'' K.Schum.
*''Melhania fiherenanensis
''Melhania'' is a genus of small shrubs or herbaceous plants. 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.
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'' 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
''Dombeya'' is a flowering plant genus. Traditionally included in the family Sterculiaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae in the APG and most subsequent systematics. These plants are known by a number of vernacular names which sometim ...
'' (as '' D. decanthera'' and '' D. laurifolia'').[Hinsley, Stewart R. (2009)]
Partial Synonymy of ''Melhania''
Retrieved 9 February 2009. 2021 study subsumed '' Trochetiopsis'', endemic to Saint Helena, and '' Paramelhania,'' native to Madagascar into ''Melhania''.
References
Malvaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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