Melochia

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Melochia
Melochia arborea, plate from Flora de Filipinas (1880-1883) by
Francisco Manuel Blanco
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Byttnerioideae
Tribe:
Hermannieae
Genus: Melochia
L. (1753)[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms
List
  • Aleurodendron Reinw.
  • Altheria Thouars
  • Anamorpha H.Karst. & Triana
  • Lochemia Arn.
  • Meluchia Medik.
  • Moluchia Medik.
  • Mougeotia Kunth
  • Physocodon Turcz.
  • Polychlaena G.Don
  • Riedlea Vent.
  • Riedleja Hassk.
  • Visenia Houtt.

Melochia is a

Pacific Islands to the Americas and the Caribbean
.

Some taxonomy books have placed genus Melochia in the family Sterculiaceae,[1] but Sterculiaceae is now generally considered obsolete as a taxonomic class.

The name "Melochia" comes from the Arabic name

Caspar Bauhin (died 1624), and Johann Vesling (visited Egypt 1628; died 1649).[2]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Melochia:

Formerly placed here

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Genus: Melochia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  2. ^ L. Marcel Devic (year 1876), Dictionnaire étymologique des mots français d'origine orientale. Helmut Genaust (year 1998), Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen. Prosperi Alpini (year 1592, republished year 1640) De Plantis Aegypti (in Latin).
  3. ^ "Melochia villosissima (C.Presl) Merr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-03-08.