Melhania

Life-forms

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: M. acuminata – M. albiflora – M. ambovombeensis – M. andrahomanensis – M. angustifolia – M. annua – M. apiculata – M. beguinotii – M. brachycarpa – M. burchellii – M. cannabina – M. carrissoi – M. corchoriflora – M. coriacea – M. damarana – M. decaryana – M. dehnhardtii – M. denhamii – M. didyma – M. ebena – M. engleriana – M. fiherenanensis – M. forbesii – M. fruticosa – M. futteyporensis – M. hamiltoniana – M. hiranensis – M. humbertii – M. incana – M. integra – M. itampoloensis – M. jaberi – M. javanica – M. kelleri – M. latibracteolata – M. lisae – M. magnifolia – M. mananarensis – M. melanoxylon – M. menafe – M. minutissima – M. muricata – M. oblongifolia – M. orbicularidentata – M. ovata – M. parviflora – M. perrieri – M. phillipsiae – M. poissonii – M. polygama – M. polyneura – M. praemorsa – M. prostrata – M. quercifolia – M. randii – M. rehmannii – M. rotundata – M. sidoides – M. somalensis – M. spathulata – M. steudneri – M. stipulosa – M. substricta – M. suluensis – M. transvaalensis – M. tulearensis – M. velutina – M. virescens – M. vohipalensis – M. volleseniana – M. zavattarii

Nothospecies: M. × benjaminii
Name

Melhania Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 64. (1775) emend. Dorr & Wurdack (2020)

Type species: Melhania velutina Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 64. (1775)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Brotera Cav., Icon. 5: 19. (1799)
Type: Brotera ovata Cav.(≡ Melhania ovata (Cav.) Spreng.).
Sprengelia Schult., Observ. Bot.: 134. (1809) non Sprengelia Sm. in Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 15: 261. (1794) (Ericaceae)
Type: Sprengelia modesta Schult. (= Melhania ovata (Cav.) Spreng.)
Vialia Vis. in Index Seminum (Padova [Pataviae]) 1840: 9. (1840)
Type: Vialia macrophylla Vis. (= Melhania didyma Eckl. & Zeyh.)
Cardiostegia C.Presl in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss.,ser. 5, 6: 609 [“960”]. (1851) & Epimel. Bot.: 249. 1851 (“1849”)
Type: Cardiostegia kotschyi (Hochst.) C.Presl (= Melhania denhamii R.Br.)
Sideria Ewart & Petrie in Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, ser.2, 38: 174. (1926)
Type: Sideria reverta Ewart & Petrie (= Melhania oblongifolia F.Muell.).
Paramelhania Arènes in Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 24. (1949)
Type: Paramelhania decaryana Arènes (≡ Melhania lisae Dorr)
Trochetiopsis Marais in Kew Bull. 36: 645. (1981)
Type: Trochetiopsis erythroxylon (G.Forst.) Marais (≡ Melhania erythroxylon (G.Forst.) R.Br.)

References

Forsskål, P. 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica 64.
Dorr, L.J. & Wurdack, K.J. 2020. Indo‐Asian Eriolaena expanded to include two Malagasy genera, and other generic realignments based on molecular phylogenetics of Dombeyoideae (Malvaceae). Taxon 70(1): 99-126. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12370 Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Melhania in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 July 13. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Melhania. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 9. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Melhania. Published online. Accessed: July 13 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Melhania. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 July 13.

Melhania is a genus of small shrubs or herbaceous plants.[1] Traditionally included in the family Sterculiaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae in the APG and most subsequent systematics. The genus is named for Mount Melhan in Yemen.[1][3]

The following species are recognised by Plants of the World Online (POWO):[4]

Melhania acuminata Mast.
Melhania albiflora (Hiern) Exell & Mendonça
Melhania ambovombeensis Arènes
Melhania andrahomanensis Arènes
Melhania angustifolia K.Schum.
Melhania annua Thulin
Melhania apiculata Baker f.
Melhania beguinotii Cufod.
Melhania brachycarpa Domin
Melhania burchellii DC.
Melhania cannabina Wight ex Mast.
Melhania carrissoi Exell & Mendonça
Melhania corchoriflora Baill.
Melhania coriacea Chiov.
Melhania damarana Harv.
Melhania decaryana Arènes
Melhania dehnhardtii K.Schum.
Melhania denhamii R.Br.
Melhania didyma Eckl. & Zeyh.
Melhania engleriana K.Schum.
Melhania fiherenanensis Arènes
Melhania forbesii Planch. ex Mast.
Melhania fruticosa Arènes
Melhania futteyporensis Munro ex Mast.
Melhania hamiltoniana Wall.
Melhania hiranensis Thulin
Melhania humbertii Arènes
Melhania incana B.Heyne ex Wight & Arn.
Melhania integra I.Verd.
Melhania itampoloensis (Hochr.) Arènes
Melhania jaberi Abedin
Melhania javanica Adelb.
Melhania kelleri Schinz
Melhania latibracteolata Dorr
Melhania magnifolia Blatt. & Hallb.
Melhania mananarensis Arènes
Melhania menafe Arènes
Melhania minutissima Hochr.
Melhania muricata Balf.f.
Melhania oblongifolia F.Muell.
Melhania orbiculari-dentata Arènes
Melhania ovata (Cav.) Spreng.
Melhania parviflora Chiov.
Melhania perrieri Hochr.
Melhania phillipsiae Baker f.
Melhania poissonii Arènes
Melhania polygama I.Verd.
Melhania polyneura K.Schum.
Melhania praemorsa Dorr
Melhania prostrata Burch.
Melhania quercifolia Thulin
Melhania randii Baker f.
Melhania rehmannii Szyszył.
Melhania rotundata Hochst. ex Mast.
Melhania sidoides (Wight & Arn.) Noltie
Melhania somalensis Baker f.
Melhania spathulata Arènes
Melhania steudneri Schweinf.
Melhania stipulosa J.R.I.Wood
Melhania substricta Dorr
Melhania suluensis Gerstner
Melhania transvaalensis Szyszył.
Melhania tulearensis Arènes
Melhania velutina Forssk.
Melhania virescens K.Schum.
Melhania vohipalensis Arènes
Melhania volleseniana Dorr
Melhania zavattarii Cufod.

Melhania decanthera (Cav.) DC and M. laurifolia Bojer are now in Dombeya (as D. decanthera and D. laurifolia).[5]
References

Verdoorn, I. C. (1981). "Revision of Melhania in southern Africa". Bothalia - African Biodiversity and Conservation. Cape Town: AOSIS. 13 (3, 4): 271–272. doi:10.4102/abc.v13i3/4.1315.
Hinsley, Stewart R. (2007): Synonymy of Malvaceae. Retrieved 25 June 2008.
Quattrocchi, Umberto (1999). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. 3. CRC Press. p. 1650. ISBN 9780849326776. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
"Melhania". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
Hinsley, Stewart R. (2009): Partial Synonymy of Melhania. Retrieved 9 February 2009.