Melochia pyramidata var. pyramidata

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Melochia pyramidata L. var. pyramidata autonym

Heterotypic
- Melochia domingensis Jacq. in Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 194 (1763)
- Moluchia fruticosa Medik. in Malvenfam.: 10 (1787)
- Moluchia herbacea Medik. in Malvenfam.: 10 (1787)
- Sida sabeana Buckley in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 449 (1861 publ. 1862)

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Windward Is.
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Trinidad-Tobago
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
Continental:Northern America
- Regional: Southeastern USA
  - Florida, Lousiana
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest , Texas
- Introduced into:
  - Chagos Archipelago, Comoros, India, Marquesas, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Réunion, Seychelles
- Doubtfully present in:
  - French Guiana

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 674. Reference page.
Medikus, F.K. 1787. Ueber einige künstliche Geschlechter aus der Malven-Familie, denn der Klasse der Monadelphien. : Mit beigefügtem Urtheile über Linneische Geschlechter, und deren Klassifikation; über Herbarien und Terminologie; dann Empfehlung einer Sammlung von Fruchtgehäusen, und deren Saamen; vorzüglich einer genauen Zergliederung sämtlicher Fruktifikations-Theile jeder Pflanze. 158 pp., Neue Hof- und akademische Buchhandlung, Mannheim. MDZ Reference page.

Martins Gonçalez, V. & Lopes Esteves, G. (2015). Synopsis of Melochia L. (Byttnerioideae, Malvaceae) in southeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 226: 217-232.
Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Melochia pyramidata var. pyramidata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 10. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2023. Melochia pyramidata var. pyramidata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Melochia pyramidata var. pyramidata. Published online. Accessed: September 10 2023.
Tropicos.org 2023. Melochia pyramidata var. pyramidata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 September 2023.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melochia pyramidata var. pyramidata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

English: pyramidflower