⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2508669, with some changes.

Melochia tomentosa L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Melochia (family Malvaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 2: 1140 1759.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:157023-2.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Melochia arida Rose	Synonym		TRO
Melochia chamaedrys Saint-Hilaire	Synonym		TRO
Melochia crenata Vahl	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Melochia diffusa Bertero ex Spreng.	Synonym		TRO
Melochia tomentosa var. bahiensis K. Schum.	Synonym		TRO
Melochia tomentosa var. turpiniana (Kunth) K. Schum.	Synonym		TRO
Melochia tomentosa var. typica K. Schum.	Synonym		TRO
Melochia turpiniana Kunth	Synonym		TRO
Moluchia tomentosa (L.) Britton	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Riedlea crenata (Vahl) DC.	Synonym		TRO
Riedlea hypoleuca (Miq.) Walp.	Synonym		TRO
Sida rajoides M.E. Jones	Synonym		TRO
Visenia crenata (Vahl) Spreng.	Synonym		TRO