Melhania
Genus of flowering plants
Melhania genus of small shrubs or herbaceous plants.[ 1] 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]
Species
The following species are recognised by Plants of the World Online
Melhania acuminata Mast. Angola, Zambia, and Mozambique to South AfricaMelhania albiflora (Hiern) Exell & Mendonça – southwestern AngolaMelhania ambovombeensis Arènes – MadagascarMelhania andrahomanensis Arènes – MadagascarMelhania angustifolia K.Schum. – Tanzania (Zanzibar)Melhania annua Thulin – central and southern Somalia to southeastern KenyaMelhania apiculata Baker f. – MadagascarMelhania beguinotii Cufod. – southern EthiopiaMelhania brachycarpa Domin – northeastern QueenslandMelhania burchellii DC. – western Zimbabwe to Namibia and South AfricaMelhania cannabina Wight ex Mast. – southern India (Karnataka and Tamil NaduMelhania carrissoi Exell & Mendonça – southwestern AngolaMelhania corchoriflora Baill. – MadagascarMelhania coriacea Chiov. – central and southern SomaliaMelhania damarana Harv. – Namibia, Botswana, and Northern Cape ProvinceMelhania decaryana Arènes MadagascarMelhania dehnhardtii K.Schum. – southeastern KenyaMelhania denhamii R.Br. – northern tropical Africa (Mauritania to Somalia), Yemen, Pakistan, and northwestern IndiaMelhania didyma Eckl. & Zeyh. South Africa, Botswana, and EswatiniMelhania ebenus (Cronk) Dorr – north-central and western Saint HelenaMelhania engleriana K.Schum. – northern SomaliaMelhania erythroxylon (G.Forst.) R.Br. – central Saint HelenaMelhania fiherenanensis Arènes - MadagascarMelhania forbesii Planch. ex Mast. – southern tropical Africa (Angola to Mozambique, Namibia, and Kwazulu Natal)Melhania fruticosa Arènes – MadagascarMelhania futteyporensis Munro ex Mast. – Pakistan to central IndiaMelhania hamiltoniana Wall. – India, Myanmar, and southern China (Yunnan)Melhania hiranensis Thulin – central SomaliaMelhania humbertii Arènes – MadagascarMelhania incana B.Heyne ex Wight & Arn. – southwestern Arabian Peninsula, Socotra, Somalia, and southern IndiaMelhania integra I.Verd. – South Africa (Northern Province)Melhania itampoloensis (Hochr.) Arènes – MadagascarMelhania jaberi Abedin – Saudi ArabiaMelhania javanica Adelb. – eastern Java to Lesser Sunda Islands (Timor)Melhania kelleri Schinz eastern Ethiopia and SomaliaMelhania latibracteolata Dorr – Ethiopia, Somalia, and northern KenyaMelhania lisae Dorr – MadagascarMelhania magnifolia Blatt. & Hallb. – northwestern IndiaMelhania mananarensis Arènes – MadagascarMelhania melanoxylon (Sol. ex Sims) R.Br. – northern Saint HelenaMelhania menafe Arènes – MadagascarMelhania minutissima Hochr. – MadagascarMelhania muricata Balf.f. – northeastern Kenya, Somalia, Socotra, and southern Arabian PeninsulaMelhania oblongifolia F.Muell. – Australia and southeastern New GuineaMelhania orbicularidentata Arènes – MadagascarMelhania ovata (Cav.) Spreng. – Cape Verde and northern tropical Africa (Mauritania to Tanzania), Arabian Peninsula, southern Pakistan, and southern IndiaMelhania parviflora Chiov. – Ethiopia to TanzaniaMelhania perrieri Hochr. – MadagascarMelhania phillipsiae Baker f. – Niger to Sudan and Kenya, Arabian PeninsulaMelhania poissonii Arènes – MadagascarMelhania polygama I.Verd. – Kwazulu NatalMelhania polyneura K.Schum. – northwestern TanzaniaMelhania praemorsa Dorr – Ethiopia, Somalia, and Northern KenyaMelhania prostrata Burch. – Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and South AfricaMelhania quercifolia Thulin – Central and southern SomaliaMelhania randii Baker f. – southwestern Tanzania to EswatiniMelhania rehmannii Szyszył. – Mozambique to Namibia and South AfricaMelhania rotundata Hochst. ex Mast. – Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and northeastern TanzaniaMelhania sidoides (Wight & Arn.) Noltie India (Tamil Nadu)Melhania somalensis Baker f. – southeastern EthiopiaMelhania spathulata Arènes – MadagascarMelhania steudneri Schweinf. – Northeastern tropical Africa (Sudan to Somalia)Melhania stipulosa J.R.I.Wood – Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Yemen, and Saudi ArabiaMelhania substricta Dorr – Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and YemenMelhania suluensis Gerstner – South Africa (Mpumalunga and Kwazulu Natal) and EswatiniMelhania transvaalensis Szyszył. – South Africa (Northern Province)Melhania tulearensis Arènes – MadagascarMelhania velutina Forssk. – Angola to Malawi and Sudan, southwestern Arabian PeninsulaMelhania virescens K.Schum. Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa (Northern Cape and northern Province)Melhania vohipalensis Arènes – MadagascarMelhania volleseniana Dorr – Ethiopia, Somalia, and KenyaMelhania zavattarii Cufod. – eastern and southern Ethiopia
Melhania decanthera (Cav.) DC and M. laurifolia Bojer are now in Dombeya D. decanthera D. laurifolia [ 4]
A 2021 study subsumed Trochetiopsis Saint Helena , and Paramelhania, native to Madagascar, into Melhania .[ 5]
References
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Verdoorn, I. C. (1981). "Revision of Melhania in southern Africa" . Bothalia - African Biodiversity and Conservation . 13 (3, 4). Cape Town: AOSIS: 271– 272. doi :10.4102/abc.v13i3/4.1315
^ "Melhania Forssk" . Plants of the World Online Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 24 June 2023 .^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (1999). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology ISBN 9780849326776 . Retrieved 6 August 2019 . ^ Hinsley, Stewart R. (2009): Partial Synonymy of Melhania . Retrieved 9 February 2009.
^ Dorr, Laurence J.; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (February 2021). "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 . ISSN 0040-0262 . S2CID 228860710 .
