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Internal ID UUID643ffe483ac55014052835
Scientific name Melhania ovata
Authority (Cav.) Spreng.
First published in Syst. Veg. 3: 32 (1826)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Melhania oblongata Hochst. ex Mast. Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 232 (1868)
Melochia ovata (Cav.) Desf. Tabl. École Bot. , ed. 2: 172 (1815)
Pentapetes leprieurii (Guill. & Perr.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 299 (1841)
Sprengelia modesta Schult. Observ. Bot. [Schultes] 134 (1809).
Brotera leprieurii Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent. : 86 (1831)
Hibiscus azbenicus Miré & H.Gillet J. Agric. Trop. Bot. Appl. 3: 244 (1956)
Melhania abyssinica A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 76 (1847)
Melhania leprieurii (Guill. & Perr.) Webb Niger Fl. : 113 (1849)
Pentapetes parviflora Fisch. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 604. 1821
Brotera ovata Cav. Icon. 5: 20 1799
Melhania ovata var. oblongata Hochst. ex K.Schum.
Melhania ovata var. montana K.Schum.
Melhania ovata var. abyssinica (A.Rich.) K.Schum.

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Macaronesia
      • Cape Verde
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Mauritania
      • Niger
      • Senegal
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States
      • Oman
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000451994
Tropicos 50201291
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:824379-1
The Plant List kew-2508206
Open Tree Of Life 5762447
Observations.org 335650
NCBI Taxonomy 1671335
IPNI 824379-1
iNaturalist 343072
GBIF 3671288
Elurikkus 611922
Wikipedia Melhania_ovata

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Wetland vegetation composition and ecology of Lake Abaya in southern Ethiopia Gojamme DU PLoS One 10-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11006174
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0301795
PMID:38598506
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
The generality of cryptic dietary niche differences in diverse large-herbivore assemblages Pansu J, Hutchinson MC, Anderson TM, te Beest M, Begg CM, Begg KS, Bonin A, Chama L, Chamaillé-Jammes S, Coissac E, Cromsigt JP, Demmel MY, Donaldson JE, Guyton JA, Hansen CB, Imakando CI, Iqbal A, Kalima DF, Kerley GI, Kurukura S, Landman M, Long RA, Munuo IN, Nutter CM, Parr CL, Potter AB, Siachoono S, Taberlet P, Waiti E, Kartzinel TR, Pringle RM Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 22-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9436339
doi:10.1073/pnas.2204400119
PMID:35994662
Diversity of Useful Plants in Cabo Verde Islands: A Biogeographic and Conservation Perspective Duarte MC, Gomes I, Catarino S, Brilhante M, Gomes S, Rendall A, Moreno Â, Fortes AR, Ferreira VS, Baptista I, Dinis H, Romeiras MM Plants (Basel) 15-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9144021
doi:10.3390/plants11101313
PMID:35631738
Natural plant species inventory of hotspot areas in Arabian Peninsula: Southwest Al-Baha region, Saudi Arabia Al-Namazi AA, Al-Khulaidi AW, Algarni S, Al-Sagheer NA Saudi J Biol Sci 04-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8176062
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.02.076
PMID:34121869

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