Melhania prostrata

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

Melhania prostrata Burch., 1824

Heterotypic
- Dombeya prostrata Burch. ex DC. in Prodr. 1: 499 (1824)
- Melhania linearifolia Sond. in Linnaea 23: 18 (1850)
- Melhania prostrata f. latifolia Baker f. in J. Bot. 37: 425 (1899)

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Burchell, W.J. 1824. Travels in the interior of southern Africa. Vol. 2. 624 pp. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brow, London. BHL Reference page. : 2: 263

Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) 2003. Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: i–vi, 1–1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 1-919795-99-5. ARK: /t50g8869c PDF (97 MB) Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Melhania prostrata 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 prostrata. 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 prostrata. Published online. Accessed: September 16 2023.
Tropicos.org 2023. Melhania prostrata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 September 2023.

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