Melochia is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It comprises 54 species from the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, ranging from India eastwards through Malesia and the Pacific Islands to the Americas and the Caribbean.
Some taxonomy books have placed genus Melochia in family Sterculiaceae,[1] but Sterculiaceae is now generally considered obsolete as a taxonomic class.
The name "Melochia" comes from the Arabic name Mulukhiyah which in Arabic means mallow plants of the genus Corchorus (including Corchorus olitorius) which are cultivated as vegetables in Egypt (and elsewhere). The take-up of this Arabic Molokheya as a label for the Melochia mallow plants began with the Latin botanist Prospero Alpini (died 1617), who spent several years in Egypt in the 1580s, and Alpini's name was soon adopted by the botanists Johann Bauhin (died 1613), Caspar Bauhin (died 1624), and Johann Vesling (visited Egypt 1628; died 1649).[2]
Melochia is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It comprises 54 species from the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, ranging from India eastwards through Malesia and the Pacific Islands to the Americas and the Caribbean.
Some taxonomy books have placed genus Melochia in family Sterculiaceae, but Sterculiaceae is now generally considered obsolete as a taxonomic class.
The name "Melochia" comes from the Arabic name Mulukhiyah which in Arabic means mallow plants of the genus Corchorus (including Corchorus olitorius) which are cultivated as vegetables in Egypt (and elsewhere). The take-up of this Arabic Molokheya as a label for the Melochia mallow plants began with the Latin botanist Prospero Alpini (died 1617), who spent several years in Egypt in the 1580s, and Alpini's name was soon adopted by the botanists Johann Bauhin (died 1613), Caspar Bauhin (died 1624), and Johann Vesling (visited Egypt 1628; died 1649).
Melochia es un género cosmopolita de amplia distribución, generalmente de tierras cálidas, de fanerógamas con unas 171 especies descritas y de estas, solo 45 aceptadas, perteneciente a la familia Malvaceae.[1] Unas 56 especies han sido reportadas en América, y unas 17 para Venezuela.[2]
Arbustos, subfrútices o generalmente hierbas. Tallo glabrescente, pubescente o tomentoso. Con estípulas lanceoladas. Hojas simples, alternas, oblongo-lanceoladas. Inflorescencias cimosas, axilares o terminales. Flores actinomorfas, hermafroditas hipóginas.[2]
El género fue descrito por Carlos Linneo y publicado en Species Plantarum 2: 674 (as 774)–675. 1753.[3] La especie tipo es: Melochia corchorifolia L.
Melochia es un género cosmopolita de amplia distribución, generalmente de tierras cálidas, de fanerógamas con unas 171 especies descritas y de estas, solo 45 aceptadas, perteneciente a la familia Malvaceae. Unas 56 especies han sido reportadas en América, y unas 17 para Venezuela.
Melochia is een geslacht uit de kaasjeskruidfamilie (Malvaceae). De soorten uit het geslacht komen voor in (sub)tropisch Amerika, tropisch Afrika en Madagaskar, het Indisch subcontinent, delen van Zuidoost-Azië en Oost-Azië, Japan, Nieuw-Guinea, de Australische deelstaat Queensland en het Pacifisch gebied.[1]
Melochia is een geslacht uit de kaasjeskruidfamilie (Malvaceae). De soorten uit het geslacht komen voor in (sub)tropisch Amerika, tropisch Afrika en Madagaskar, het Indisch subcontinent, delen van Zuidoost-Azië en Oost-Azië, Japan, Nieuw-Guinea, de Australische deelstaat Queensland en het Pacifisch gebied.
Melochia L. é um género botânico pertencente à família Malvaceae.[1]
马松子属（学名：Melochia）是梧桐科下的一个属，为草本、亚灌木和乔木植物。该属共有约54种，分布于热带地区。[1]
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