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Melhania ovata

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Melhania ovata

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Malvales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Dombeyoideae
Genus: Melhania
Species: Melhania ovata

Name

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Melhania ovata (Cav.) Spreng., 1826

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Brotera ovata Cav. in Icon. 5: 20 (1799)
    • Melochia ovata (Cav.) Desf. in Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2: 172 (1815)
    • Pentapetes ovata (Cav.) Willd. in Enum. Pl.: 719 (1809), nom. illeg.
  • Heterotypic
    • Brotera leprieurii Guill. & Perr. in Fl. Seneg. Tent.: 86 (1831)
    • Hibiscus azbenicus Miré & H.Gillet in J. Agric. Trop. Bot. Appl. 3: 244 (1956)
    • Melhania abyssinica A.Rich. in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 76 (1848)
    • Melhania balakrishnanii K.Ravik., R.Ganesan & Ramam. in Bull. Bot. Surv. India 31: 172 (1989 publ. 1992)
    • Melhania leprieurii (Guill. & Perr.) Webb in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 113 (1849)
    • Melhania oblongata Hochst. ex Mast. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 232 (1868)
    • Melhania ovata var. abyssinica (A.Rich.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 7 (1900)
    • Melhania ovata var. montana K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 7 (1900)
    • Melhania ovata var. oblongata Hochst. ex K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 9 (1900)
    • Pentapetes leprieurii (Guill. & Perr.) Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 299 (1841)
    • Pentapetes parviflora Fisch. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot. 1: 604 (1821), not validly publ.
    • Sprengelia modesta Schult. in Observ. Bot.: 134 (1809)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Macaronesia
      • Cape Verde
    • Regional: Central Africa
      • Chad, Niger
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
    • Regional: Western Africa
      • Mauritania, Senegal
  • Continental: Asia-tropical
    • Regional: Indian subcontinent
      • India, Pakistan
    • Regional: Peninsular Arabia
      • Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Vernacular names

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