- Melhania
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Melhania Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Malvales Family: Malvaceae Subfamily: Dombeyoideae Genus: Melhania
Forssk.Species Several, see text
Synonyms Brotera Cav.
Cardiostegia Presl
Pentaglottis Wall.
Sideria Ewart & A.H.K.Petrie
Sprengelia Schult.
Vialia Vis.
[1]Melhania 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.
Species include:
M. decanthera (Cav.) DC and M. laurifolia Bojer are now in Dombeya (as D. decanthera and D. laurifolia).[2]
Footnotes
References
- Hinsley, Stewart R. (2007): Synonymy of Malvaceae. Retrieved 2008-JUN-25.
- Hinsley, Stewart R. (2009): Partial Synonymy of Melhania. Retrieved 2009-FEB-09.
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