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December 2024

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genus

Melhania Forssk.

This genus name was first published in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 64 (1775)  

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-4000023624.

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Synonyms of Melhania

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Brotera Cav. Icon. 5: 19. 1799. wfo-4000005494
Paramelhania Arènes Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 24 (1949) wfo-4000028079
Trochetiopsis Marais Kew Bull. 36: 645 (1981) wfo-4000039434
Vialia Vis. Index Sem. (Padova [Pataviae]) 1840. wfo-4000040221
Pentaglottis Wall. Numer. List : n.° 1156 (1829) wfo-4100004153
Sprengelia Schult. Observ. Bot. : 134 (1809) wfo-4100004154

Species in Melhania ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melhania amboensis Schinz Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 2: 1009 (1902) wfo-0000450937
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melhania ferrugineoides Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 55: 351 (1919) wfo-0000450995
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melhania oblongifolia f. oblongifolia wfo-0001327263
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melhania seineri Engl. & K.Krause Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 551 (1912) wfo-0000451961