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Internal ID UUID643ffe4cca806078710040
Scientific name Melochia pilosa
Authority (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle
First published in Fl. Jamaica 5: 164 (1926)

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Visenia venosa (Sw.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3: 30 (1826)
Visenia ulmariae Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2, Cur. Post.): 248. 1827 [Jan-Jun 1827]
Visenia polystachya (Kunth) Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3: 30 (1826)
Mougeotia polystachya Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 330 (1823)
Melochia venosa Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. : 97 (1788)
Melochia ulmarioides A.St.-Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. 1: 159 (1825)
Melochia polystachya (Kunth) Triana & Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 4, 17: 341 (1862)
Riedlea ulmariae Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 460.
Riedlea venosa (Sw.) DC. Prodr. 1: 492 (1824)
Sida pilosa Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 17 (1768)
Melochia venosa var. squarrosa K.Schum. & Hassl. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 4: 71 (1903)
Riedlea jamaicensis DC. Prodr. 1: 492 (1824)
Melochia venosa var. betonicaefolia K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 12(3): 37 (1886)
Melochia venosa var. polystachya K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 12(3): 37 (1886)
Melochia venosa var. sericea K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 12(3): 38 (1886)
Melochia interrupta (Schltdl.) Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 131 (1879)
Riedlea polystachya DC. Prodr. 1: 490 (1824)
Melochia jamaicensis Balb. ex DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 492. 1824 [mid Jan 1824]
Melochia sericea A.St.-Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. 1: 160 (1825)
Visenia sericea Spreng. Syst. Veg. 4(2): 248 (1827)
Riedlea virgultosa Macfad. Fl. Jamaica 1: 104 (1837)
Riedlea interrupta Schltdl. Linnaea 11: 375 (1837)
Riedlea sericea (St.-Hil.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 460.
Melochia gracilis A.St.-Hil. & Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 2, 18: 35 (1842)
Melochia nitidula A.St.-Hil. & Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 2, 18: 35 (1842)
Riedlea argentea Poepp. ex K.Schum. Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12(3): 37. 1886 [1 Mar 1886]
Melochia paniculata Willd. ex K.Schum. Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12(3): 37. 1886 [1 Mar 1886]
Melochia venosa var. widgrenii K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 12(3): 38 (1886)
Melochia venosa var. typica K.Schum. Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12(3): 37. 1886 [1 Mar 1886]
Melochia venosa var. purpurea Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 25. 1898 [28 Sep 1898] as nervosa by error
Melochia venosa var. flava Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 25. 1898 [28 Sep 1898] as nervosa, polystachya by error
Melochia venosa var. betonicifolia K.Schum.
Melochia venosa var. tunica K.Schum.

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
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    • Caribbean
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      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
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      • Paraguay
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
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World Flora Online wfo-0000452207
Tropicos 30400727
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:157002-2
The Plant List kew-2508654
Open Tree Of Life 6115783
IPNI 157002-2
iNaturalist 287364
GBIF 7653535

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