Melhania
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Melhania | |
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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. | |
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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