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. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • De Candolle, A.P. 1824. Ordo XXVI. Byttneriaceae. Pp. 481–502 in Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta, Pars 1, Sistens Thalamiflorarum ordines LIV. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
  • Kitanov, B.P. 1972 ["1969/1970"]. Novedades en la flora cubana I. Godishnik Sofiiskija Universitet, Biologiceski Fakultet. Kniga 2, Botanika, Mikrobiologiya, Fiziologiya i Biokhimiya na Rastenyata 61: 59–64. Reference page. 
  • Kunth, C.S. 1823. Büttneriaceae. Pp. 309–333, tt. 481a–484 in Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S., Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt, Tomus 5 (quarto ed.). N. Maze, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
  • Wendland, J.C. 1798. Botanische Beobachtungen nebst einigen neuen Gattungen und Arten. 58 pp, 4 tt. Bey den Gebrüdern Hahn, Hannover. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. 1982. Fam. 93. Sterculiaceae Vent. Pp. 953–964 in Flora of the Bahama Archipelago (including the Turks and Caicos Islands). J. Cramer, Lehre, Germany. (Reprinted 1996, A.R.G. Gantner, Vaduz, Liechtenstein.) Reference page. 
  • Fawcett, W. & Rendle, A.B. 1926. Family LXVI. Sterculiaceae. Pp. 154–171 in Flora of Jamaica, containing descriptions of the flowering plants known from the Island, Vol. 5, Dicotyledons, families Buxaceae to Umbelliferae. British Museum, London. BHL Reference page. 
  • Fournet, J. 2002. 50. Sterculiaceae. Pp. 335–352 in Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique, Tome 1, Nouv. éd. CIRAD, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Montpellier. ISBN 2-908490-26-9. Reference page. 
  • Fryxell, P.A. 2001. Sterculiaceae. Pp. 110–147 in McVaugh, R., Flora Novo-Galiciana. A descriptive account of the vascular plants of Western Mexico, Vol. 3, Ochnaceae to Loasaceae. The University of Michigan Herbarium, Ann Arbor. ISBN 0-9620733-5-0. Reference page. 
  • Liogier, A.H. 1982. Familia Sterculiaceae. Pp. 189–211 in La Flora de la Española. I. Universidad Central del Este, San Pedro de Macorís, República Dominicana. Reference page. 
  • Liogier, H.A. 1994. Family 77.– Sterculiaceae. Pp. 185–204 in Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vol. III Cyrillaceae to Myrtaceae. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. ISBN 0-8477-2336-4 Reference page. 
  • Rodríguez, A. 2015. Sterculiaceae. Pp. 341–369 in Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. VIII, Dicotiledóneas (Sabiaceae–Zygophyllaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-935641-12-4. Reference page. 
  • Rondón, J.B. 2007. Estudio taxonómica del género Melochia L. (Sterculiaceae) en el estado Sucre, Venezuela. Revista Científica UDO Agrícola 7: 122–137. Online Reference page. 
  • Tropicos.org 2018. Melochia nodiflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 28 April 2018.
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