Malvaceae
Melochia
Melochia spicata

Melochia spicata var. spicata

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2015). Flora of North America North of Mexico 6: 1-468. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Goodwin, Z.A. & al. (2013). A checklist of the vascular plants of the lowland savannas of Belize, Central America. Phytotaxa 101: 1-119.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2015). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Volumen VIII. Dicotyledóneas (Sabiaceae-Zygophyllaceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 131: 1-657. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Martins Gonçalez, V. & Lopes Esteves, G. (2015). Synopsis of Melochia L. (Byttnerioideae, Malvaceae) in southeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 226: 217-232.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Paña-Chocarro, M.C., Espada-Mateos, C., Vera, M., Céspedes, G. & Knapp, S. (2010). Updated checklist of vascular plants of the Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú), Paraguay. Phytotaxa 12: 1-224.
  • Pérez-Farrera, M.Á., Martínez-Camilo, R., Martínez-Meléndez, N., Farrera-Sarmiento, O. & Maza-Villalobos, S. (2012). Listado florístico del Cerro Quetzal (Polígono III) de la reserva de la biosfera El Triunfo, Chiapas, México. Botanical Sciences 90: 113-142.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil. Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

This taxon has a temporary IPNI identifier and therefore an IPNI link cannot be provided, read more about this on the about powo page.

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2011 Schomburgh, R. [133] Guyana Melochia vestita K000779792 Type Yes
Dec 1, 2011 Schomburgh, R, [133] Brazil Melochia vestita K000779793 Type Yes
Traill, J.W.H. [57] Brazil Melochia vestita K000779794 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 1, 2010 Hinton, G.B.; et al. [11371] Mexico Melochia villosa K000661033 No
Jan 1, 1991 Arbo, M.M.; Menezes, N.L.; Schinini, A.; Campos, M.T.V.A. [5181] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212629 Yes
Nov 1, 1959 Jurgensen, C. [506] Mexico Melochia villosa K000380894 Type Yes
Burchell [8168] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212660 Yes
Glaziou, A. [20734] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212643 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [3590] Colombia Melochia villosa K001486691 Yes
Martius [1020] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212648 Yes
Glaziou, A. [12460] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212638 Yes
Daly, D.C. [1973] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212634 Yes
Salzmann [s.n.] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212641 Yes
Mexia, Y. [5530] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212658 Yes
Riedel [187] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212637 Yes
Gardner [2784] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212664 Yes
Prance, G.T. [4287] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212668 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212649 Yes
Harley, R.M. [21951] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212645 Yes
Gardner [3030] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212642 Yes
Kirkbride, J.K. [3830] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212633 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [57] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212639 Yes
Harley, R.M. [10435] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212630 Yes
Harley, R.M. [15336] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212670 Yes
Harley, R.M. [21901] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212646 Yes
Secco, R.S. [114] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212653 Yes
Prance, G.T. [9184] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212644 Yes
Eiten, G. [9589] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212665 Yes
Harley, R.M. [15776] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212669 Yes
Moricand [s.n.] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212640 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [3817] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212666 Yes
Glaziou, A. [15849] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212647 Yes
Gardner [2784] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212663 Yes
Philcox, D. [4940] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212631 Yes
Poole, J.M. [1710] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212636 Yes
Arbo, M.M. [3695] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212661 Yes
Prance, G.T. [3429] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212667 Yes
Lewis, G.P. [1460] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212673 Yes
Glaziou [13406] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212662 Yes
Pirani, J.R. [4795] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212656 Yes
Harley, R.M. [15776] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212671 Yes
Sobel, G.L.; Strudwick, J.; Anderson, A.B.; Silva, M.G.; Baia, R.P.; Rosario, C. [4871] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212672 Yes
Weiss [s.n.] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212657 Yes
Amaral, M.C.E. [s.n.] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212689 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [6163] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212675 Yes
Riedel [902] Brazil Melochia villosa K000380953 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ule, E. [7634] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212654 Yes
Hill, S.R. [12953] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212632 Yes
Milliken, W. [227] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212674 Yes
Riedel [2243] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212659 Yes
Gardner [3030] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212651 Yes
Glaziou, A. [18901] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212652 Yes
Arbo, M.M. [4707] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212635 Yes
Arbo, M.M. [3462] Brazil Melochia villosa K001212655 Yes
Panama Melochia villosa K001486677 Yes
Panama Melochia villosa K001486678 Yes
Panama Melochia villosa K001486679 Yes
Panama Melochia villosa K001486680 Yes
Panama Melochia villosa K001486681 Yes
Peru Melochia villosa K001486682 Yes
Peru Melochia villosa K001486683 Yes
Peru Melochia villosa K001486684 Yes
Colombia Melochia villosa K001486685 Yes
Colombia Melochia villosa K001486686 Yes
Colombia Melochia villosa K001486687 Yes
Colombia Melochia villosa K001486688 Yes
Colombia Melochia villosa K001486689 Yes
Colombia Melochia villosa K001486690 Yes
Colombia, Venezuela Melochia villosa K001486692 Yes
Colombia, Venezuela Melochia villosa K001486693 Yes
Colombia, Venezuela Melochia villosa K001486694 Yes
Colombia, Venezuela Melochia villosa K001486695 Yes
Colombia, Venezuela Melochia villosa K001486696 Yes
Colombia, Venezuela Melochia villosa K001486697 Yes
Colombia, Venezuela Melochia villosa K001486698 Yes
Colombia, Venezuela Melochia villosa K001486699 Yes
Colombia, Venezuela Melochia villosa K001486700 Yes
Colombia, Venezuela Melochia villosa K001486701 Yes
Colombia, Venezuela Melochia villosa K001486702 Yes
Colombia, Venezuela Melochia villosa K001486703 Yes
Bolivia Melochia villosa K001486704 Yes
Bolivia Melochia villosa K001486705 Yes
Bolivia Melochia villosa K001486706 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0