Herbaria

Family

Sterculiaceae [Family (APGIII) : MALVACEAE]

subfamily

Dombeyoideae

Genus

Melhania Forssk.

Species

Melhania phillipsiae Baker f.

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herbariaVariety

Authority

Baker f.

citation

J. Bot. 36: 4 (1898).

herbariaSynonyms

Melhania fiorii Chiov.

Melhania grandibracteata (K.Schum.) K.Schum.

Melhania denhamii var. grandibracteata K. Schum.

DiagnosticCharacters

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CAI (Ge)

CAIM (Ge)

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CAI

CAIM

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Habitat

limestone and volcanic hillsides

FlFrperiod

LifeForm

Phanerophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Hambouak El Ard همبواك الأرض

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herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, Kenya, Niger, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen

Chorology

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herbariaBibliography

Boulos L (2000).

Boulos L (2009).

Shamso, E. and Hamdy, R. (2010)

herbariaFullCitation

Boulos L (2009). Flora of Egypt checklist. Revised Annotated Edition. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.

Shamso, E. and Hamdy, R. (2010) Melhania steudneri (Sterculiaceae) new record for Egypt, and a synopsis of the Sterculiaceae in Egypt. Nordic J. Bot., 28, 174–181.