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March 2019

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Melanthera Rohr

This genus name was first published in Skr. Naturhist.-Selsk. 2(1): 213 (1792)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000023603.

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Melanthera:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melanthera abyssinica (Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.) Benth. & Hook. Gen. Pl. (Bentham & Hooker f.) 2: 377. 1873 377 1873 — wfo-0000117503
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melanthera angustifolia Gilli in Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 78: 158 (1974). 158 — wfo-0000066702
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melanthera aspera var. aspera (Jacq.) Steud. ex Small Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 164. 1909 164 1909 — wfo-0000101279
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melanthera aspera var. subhastata (O.E.Schulz) D'Arcy Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 62: 1119. 1975. 1119 1975 — wfo-0000110144
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melanthera cinerea Schweinf. ex Engl. Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1891 (1892) 434, nomen 434 — wfo-0000130113
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melanthera decora Poepp. ex S.S.Renner, Balslev & Holm-Niels. AAU Reports 24: 63 1990 — wfo-0000021973
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melanthera elliptica Hutch. & Dalziel 953+ed. 1+ 2: 146 1931 — wfo-0000012640
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melanthera glandulosa Wall. ex DC. Prodr. (DC.) 5: 547 547 1836 wfo-0000120800
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melanthera lanceolata Benth. ex Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjobenhavn (1852) 88. 88 — wfo-0000037237
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melanthera lifuana (Hochr.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. Brittonia 53(4) 553 — wfo-0000060925
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melanthera longipes Rusby 153 1920 wfo-0000129554
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melanthera nivea O.E.Schulz Symb. Antill. (Urban). vii. 118 (1911) 118 1911 wfo-0000138748
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melanthera orientalis Spreng. ex DC. Prodr. (DC.) 5: 483 483 1836 wfo-0000139132
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melanthera pungens var. caudata – – — wfo-0000108973
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melanthera scandens ("Schu, nach. & Thonn.") Brenan Mem. New York Bot. Gard. viii. 480 (1954); Roberty in Bull. Inst. Franc. Afr.Noire, Ser. A, xvi. 68 (1954). viii. 480 1954 wfo-0000089632
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melanthera urticaefolia Cass. in Dict. Sc. Nat. xxix. 484 484 1823 wfo-0000019127