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Internal ID UUID643ffe4538428623297701
Scientific name Melochia villosa
Authority (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle
First published in Fl. Jamaica 5: 165 (1926)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Melochia hirsuta Cav. Diss. 6, Sexta Diss. Bot. 323. 1788 [12-25 Oct 1788]
Melochia subcordata Morong Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 62 (1892)
Melochia hirsuta var. macrophylla K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 12(3): 47 (1886)
Melochia hirsuta var. calophylla K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 12(3): 47 (1886)
Sida villosa Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 6 (1768)
Riedlea hirsuta (Cav.) DC. Prodr. 1: 492 (1824)
Riedlea serrata Vent. Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 8: 2 (1807)
Mougeotia hirsuta (Cav.) Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 326 (1823)
Melochia cephalodes K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 12(3): 45 (1886)
Melochia jurgensenii (Turcz.) Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 131 (1879)
Melochia tenella (Turcz.) Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 132 (1879)
Melochia vestita Benth. J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 130 (1841)
Melochia clinopodium A.St.-Hil. & Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 2, 18: 36 (1842)
Melochia serrata A.St.-Hil. & Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 2, 18: 36 (1842)
Riedlea heterotricha Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(I): 211 (1858)
Visenia hirsuta (Cav.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. 4(2): 30 (1827)
Visenia serrata Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3: 30 (1826)
Riedlea jurgensenii Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(I): 211 (1858)
Riedlea tenella Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(I): 212 (1858)
Riedlea serrata var. glabrescens C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 2: 147 (1835)
Riedlea elongata C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 2: 148 (1835)
Melochia lilacina A.St.-Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. 1: 162 (1825)
Melochia densiflora Miq. Linnaea 22: 800 (1850)
Riedlea cubensis Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(I): 209 (1858)
Riedlea scutellarioides Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(I): 210 (1858)
Melochia scutellarioides (Turcz.) Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 131 (1879)
Melochia hirsuta var. grandiflora K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 12(3): 46 (1886)
Melochia hirsuta var. rotundifolia K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 12(3): 46 (1886)
Melochia hirsuta var. glabrata K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 12(3): 47 (1886)
Melochia hirsuta var. glabrescens (C.Presl) A.Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(1[2]): 340 1897
Melochia hirsuta var. paraguayensis McPherson Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1: 403 1901
Riedlea glabrescens (C.Presl) Small Fl. S.E. U.S. : 780 (1903)
Malveopsis spicata f. aurantiaca Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 72 (1891)
Malveopsis spicata var. ovata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 72 (1891)
Malveopsis spicata var. pauciflora Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 72 (1891)

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Melochia villosa var. tomentosa (K.Schum.) Goldberg Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 34: 287 (1967)
Melochia villosa var. villosa

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Louisiana
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000451939
Tropicos 30400639
INPN 735190
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:157043-2
The Plant List kew-2508112
Open Tree Of Life 6115797
IPNI 157043-2
iNaturalist 281617
GBIF 6686697
EPPO MEOVI

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