Melochia umbellata

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: Byttnerioideae
Tribus: Hermannieae
Genus: Melochia
Species: Melochia umbellata

Name

Melochia umbellata (Houtt.) Stapf, 1913

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Visenia umbellata Houtt. in Nat. Hist. 2(8): 309 (1777)
Heterotypic
- Hypericum pentandrum Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 514 (1837)
- Aleurodendron album Reinw. in Syll. Pl. Nov. 2: 12 (1825)
- Melochia arborea Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 524 (1837)
- Melochia indica (J.F.Gmel.) Kurz in Prelim. Rep. Forest Pegu, App. A: xxiii (1875)
- Melochia indica var. deglabrata Koord. & Valeton in Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java 2: 194 (1895)
- Melochia odorata var. schlechteri Mildbr. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62: 350 (1929)
- Melochia velutina Wall. ex Bedd. in Fl. Sylv. S. India: xxxv (1871)
- Riedlea aleurodendron Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 459 (1841)
- Riedlea cordata Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 459 (1841), not validly publ.
- Riedlea tiliifolia DC. in Prodr. 1: 491 (1824)
- Riedlea velutina DC. in Prodr. 1: 491 (1824)
- Riedlea wallichiana Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 460 (1841), not validly publ.
- Visenia alba Endl. ex Walp. in Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 351 (1842)
- Visenia indica J.F.Gmel. in Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 515 (1791)
- Visenia javanica Jungh. in Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 7: 302 (1840)
- Visenia tiliifolia Jungh. in Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 7: 302 (1840)
- Visenia tomentosa Miq. in Nieuwe Verh. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. Amsterdam, ser. 3, 5: 4 (1852)
- Visenia umbellata Wight in Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 2: t. 509 (1841), nom. illeg.
- Visenia velutina (DC.) Voigt in Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 109 (1845)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Asia-tropical
- Regional: Indian subcontinent
  - Bangladesh, India
- Regional: Southeastern Asia
  - Borneo, Christmas I., Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Sumatera, Thailand
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
- Introduced into:
  - Hawaii, Sri Lanka

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Stapf, O., 1913. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew. Kew 1913:317.

Additional references

Kress, W.J.E., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E.R. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. 2003. A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar (Revised from the original works by J. H. Lace, R. Rodger, H. G. Hundley, and U Chit Ko Ko on the "List of Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Principal Climbers, etc. Recorded from Burma"). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1–590. Smithsonian Institution. JSTOR BHL Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Melochia umbellata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 10. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2023. Melochia umbellata. 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 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Melochia umbellata. Published online. Accessed: September 10 2023.
Tropicos.org 2023. Melochia umbellata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 September 2023.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melochia umbellata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 28-Oct-07.

Vernacular names

English: hierba del soldado