Melhania ovata

Taxonavigation

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

Melhania ovata (Cav.) Spreng., 1826

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)

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

Sprengel, C. 1826. Caroli Linnaei, ... Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta. Vol. III: Classis 16–23. 936 pp. Sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae, Gottingae [Göttingen]. BHL Reference page. : 16. 3: 32

Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2012. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 4: Dicotyledoneae: Fabaceae – Nymphaeaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0126-1, 431 pp. PDF Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Melhania ovata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 16. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2023. Melhania ovata. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Melhania ovata. Published online. Accessed: September 16 2023.
Tropicos.org 2023. Melhania ovata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 September 2023.