Melhania

Melhania
Melhania oblongifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Dombeyoideae
Genus: Melhania
Forssk. (1775)
Synonyms
  • Brotera Cav. (1800)
  • Cardiostegia C.Presl (1851)
  • Paramelhania Arènes (1949)
  • Pentaglottis Wall.
  • Sprengelia Schult. (1809), nom. illeg.
  • Trochetiopsis Marais (1981)
  • Vialia Vis. (1841)

Melhania is a genus of small shrubs or herbaceous plants. Traditionally included in the family Sterculiaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae in the APG and most subsequent systematics. The genus is named for Mount Melhan in Yemen.