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5047.000 Melhania
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs or shrubs, usually densely stellate-tomentose. Stipules linear, Leaves crenate-serrate or entire. Flowers yellow. Sepals 5, free almost to base. Bracts of the epicalyx 3, persistent. Stamens 5, alternating with 5 conspicuous staminodes. Ovary sessile, 5-locular. Stigmas 5, linear. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Worldwide: 60 species in the tropical Old World |
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| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| acuminata Mast. var. acuminata | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| acuminata Mast. var. agnosta (K. Schum.) Wild | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description |
| acuminata × forbesii | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C | |
| burchellii DC. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W | |
| forbesii Planch. ex Mast. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| prostrata DC. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W | |
| randii Baker f. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| rehmannii Szyszyl. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | S |
Other sources of information about Melhania:
Flora of Mozambique: MelhaniaePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Melhania
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Melhania
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Melhania
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Melhania
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Melhania
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