Melochia nodiflora

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 nodiflora

Name

Melochia nodiflora Sw., Prodr.: 97. 1788.

Synonymy

  • Homotypic
    • Mougeotia nodiflora (Sw.) Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 5(23): 330(–331). 1821 [1823]. – Nov. Gen. Sp. (folio ed.) 5(23): 257. 1821 [1823].
    • Riedlea nodiflora (Sw.) DC., Prodr. 1: 491. 1824. (as Riedleia nodiflora)
    • Visenia nodiflora (Sw.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 30. 1826.
  • Heterotypic
    • Melochia carpinifolia J.C.Wendl., Bot. Beob.: 52. 1798.
    • Riedlea urticifolia Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(1): 209. 1858. (as Riedleja urticaefolia)
    • Melochia conglobata Sessé & Moc., Pl. Nov. Hisp.: 106. 1887 [1889]. (as Conglobata)
    • Melochia urticifolia (Turcz.) Standl., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23(3): 804. 1923. (as Melochia urticaefolia)
    • ? Melochia nodiflora var. longipetiolata Kitan., God. Sofiisk. Univ. Biol. Fak., 2, Bot. Mikrobiol. Fiziol. Biokhim. Rast. 64(2): 61. 1969/1970 [1972].

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest.
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela.
    • Western South America
      • Colombia.
    • Brazil
      • Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast.

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

References

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