Malvaceae

Melochia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 674 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Marianas, Mauritania, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Andaman Is., Arkansas, Chagos Archipelago, Comoros, Gilbert Is., Hawaii, Illinois, Korea, Marquesas, Maryland, Mauritius, Mississippi, North Carolina, Rodrigues, Réunion, Seychelles, South Carolina

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Martins Gonçalez, V. & Lopes Esteves, G. (2015). Synopsis of Melochia L. (Byttnerioideae, Malvaceae) in southeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 226: 217-232.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 1: 235.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 304 (1754).
  • Sp.Pl. 2: 674 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Goldberg in Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 34: 191–363 (1967).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 304 (1754);
  • Goldberg, Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. 34(5): 191–363 (1967)
  • Sp. Pl.: 674 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2015 Philcox, D. [4069] Brazil K001220160 Yes
Jan 1, 2015 David, B., et al. [CL 739] Cambodia K001045545 No
Jan 1, 2015 Simaga, J.M. [09263] New Guinea K001045539 No
Jan 1, 2015 Simaga, J.M. [09684 (9793)] New Guinea K001045540 No
Jan 1, 2015 Gardner, S. [ST0126] Thailand K001045550 No
Jan 1, 2015 Everett, B. [FRI 14479] Malaya K001045567 No
Oct 1, 1995 André, E.F. [128] Venezuela K001213036 Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Matthews [3233] Peru K000380929 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Matthews [2115] Peru K000380930 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Steinbach, J. [7241] Bolivia K000380927 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1960 Matthews [3233] Peru K000380928 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] Malaysia K001132314 Unknown Type Material Yes
Daly, D.C. [1400] Brazil K001212766 Yes
Mendonça, R.C. [3811] Brazil K001213034 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [14186] Brazil K001212874 Yes
Argent, G.C.G. [6466] Brazil K001213052 Yes
Burchell [8856] Brazil K001212771 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [19063] Brazil K001213048 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [20859] Brazil K001213044 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132313 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heringer, E.P. [6762] Brazil K001213033 Yes
Ule, E. [8226] Brazil K001212775 Yes
Anderson, W.R. [37055] Brazil K001213026 Yes
Rico, L.; Siete participantes de la Excursión Congreso: Los [1965] Dominican Republic K000478736 No
Glaziou, A.F.M. [10883] Brazil K001213045 Yes
Sales, M. [456] Brazil K001213031 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [4077] Brazil K001213053 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132312 Unknown Type Material Yes
Prance, G.T. [19308] Brazil K001213040 Yes
Riedel [793] Brazil K001212776 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001213047 Yes
Harley, R.M. [54076] Brazil K001213029 Yes
Frame, D. [120] Brazil K001212863 Yes
Saunders, J.; Carvalho, A.M. [3086] Brazil K001212777 Yes
Nascimento, M.S.B. [547] Brazil K001213035 Yes
Carvalho, A.M. [2189] Brazil K001213041 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [s.n.] Brazil K001213051 Yes
Coradin, L. [5992] Brazil K001213025 Yes
Woolston, A.B. [1072] Paraguay K001213030 Yes
Regnell, A.F. [s.n.] Brazil K001213037 Yes
Burchell [8527] Brazil K001212772 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [6124] Brazil K001213050 Yes
Ule, E. [7971] Brazil K001212774 Yes
Harley, R.M. [21650] Brazil K001213024 Yes
St.John, H. [19622] Fiji K000671889 Type Yes
Irwin, H.S. [8520] Brazil K001213042 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132311 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lankester, C.H. [s.n.] Brazil K001212770 Yes
Burchell [9083] Brazil K001212767 Yes
Coradin, L. [6001] Brazil K001213028 Yes
Sano, P.T. [14635] Brazil K001213027 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [10321] Brazil K001213046 Yes
Wight, R. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132309 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mutis, J.C.B. [5179] Colombia K001213038 Yes
Sales, M. [456] Brazil K001213032 Yes
Hatschbach, G.; Schinini; J.M. Silva, A. [58997] Brazil K001212758 Yes
Burchell [8877] Brazil K001212773 Yes
Lima, A. [s.n.] Brazil K001213039 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132310 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2771] Sudan K000241646 Unknown Type Material Yes
Irwin, H.S. [15004] Brazil K001213049 Yes
Saunders, J. [s.n.] Brazil K001212763 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [20859] Brazil K001213043 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0