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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Melianthus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 639 (1753)

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-4000023629.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 2: 639. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Melianthus

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Diplerisma	Planch.	Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 361 (1848)		wfo-4000011948

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Unplaced Names

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

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Melianthus sibiricus	Pall. ex Georgi	Beschr. Nation. Russ. Reich III. iv. 1114 (Quid ?).		wfo-0000450089