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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

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

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

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

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: