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Melochia

The genus Melochia is in the family Malvaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Melochia

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Melochia anomala Griseb. Accepted M TRO
Melochia arenosa Benth. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Melochia argentina R.E. Fr. Accepted M TRO
Melochia bernoulliana Donn. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Melochia betonicifolia A. St.-Hil. Accepted M TRO
Melochia canescens Cristóbal Accepted M TRO
Melochia caracasana Jacq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Melochia corchorifolia L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Melochia corymbosa Ruiz & Pav. Accepted M TRO
Melochia gardneri Sprague Accepted M TRO
Melochia goldbergii Cristóbal Accepted M TRO
Melochia graminifolia A.St.-Hil. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Melochia grayana A.C. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Melochia hassleriana Chodat Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Melochia hermannioides A.St.-Hil. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Melochia illicioides K. Schum. Accepted M TRO
Melochia interrupta (Schltdl.) Schltdl. Accepted M TRO
Melochia kerriifolia Triana & Planch. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Melochia lanata Saint-Hilaire Accepted M TRO
Melochia lanceolata Benth. Accepted M TRO
Melochia leucantha J.F. Macbr. Accepted M TRO
Melochia lupulina Sw. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Melochia manducata C.Wright Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Melochia melissifolia Benth. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Melochia ministella Cristóbal Accepted M TRO
Melochia mollis (Kunth) Triana & Planch. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Melochia morongii Britton Accepted M TRO
Melochia nodiflora Sw. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Melochia oaxacana Dorr & L.C. Barnett Accepted M TRO
Melochia parvifolia Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Melochia peruviana Desr. Accepted M TRO
Melochia pilosa (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Melochia pyramidata L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Melochia serrata (Vent.) Benth. Accepted M TRO
Melochia simplex A. St.-Hil. Accepted M TRO
Melochia speciosa S. Watson Accepted M TRO
Melochia spicata (L.) Fryxell Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Melochia thymifolia (C. Presl) Goldberg Accepted M TRO
Melochia tomentella (C. Presl) Hemsl. Accepted M TRO
Melochia tomentosa L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Melochia ulmifolia Benth. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Melochia umbellata (Houtt.) Stapf Accepted M TRO
Melochia villosa (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Melochia villosissima (C. Presl) Merr. Accepted M TRO
Melochia werdermannii Goldberg Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 171 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Melochia. Of these 45 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 76 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Melochia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 171 species names for the genus Melochia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 45 26.3%
Synonym 91 53.2%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 35 20.5%

All names

The status of the 247 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Melochia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 54 21.9%
Synonym 156 63.2%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 37 15.0%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 171 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Melochia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 45 87 0 0 132 77.2%
Low confidence 0 4 0 35 39 22.8%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Melochia, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 26 69 0 8 0 103 60.2%
WCSP (in review) 19 22 0 27 0 68 39.8%