Characteristics
Dicots
Melochia pyramidata L.
PYRAMIDFLOWER
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Native FAC (NWPL)
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Classification
MALVALES
Melochia pyramidata L. - PYRAMIDFLOWER
Citation
MELOCHIA PYRAMIDATA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 674. 1753.
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BRAZIL: Without data (lectotype: LINN 855.1). Lectotypified by A. R. Fuentes, in Greuter, Fl. Republ. Cuba, ser. A. 3(4): 22. 2000.
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Broward
USF
 
Miami-Dade
USF
 
Monroe Mainland
USF
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Melochia domingensis
Melochia domingensis Jacquin, Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. 194. 1763.
 
 
Melochia pyramidata var. normalis
Melochia pyramidata Linnaeus, var. normalis Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 25. 1898, nom. inadmiss.
BASIONYM: Melochia pyramidata Linnaeus 1753.
 
Moluchia fruticosa
Moluchia fruticosa Medikus, Malvenfam. 10. 1787, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Melochia domingensis Jacquin 1763.
 
Moluchia herbacea
Moluchia herbacea Medikus, Malvenfam. 10. 1787, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Melochia pyramidata Linnaeus 1753.
 
Moluchia pyramidata
Moluchia pyramidata (Linnaeus) Britton, Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Mem. 1: 69. 1918.
BASIONYM: Melochia pyramidata Linnaeus 1753.
 
Sida mathewsii
Sida mathewsii Turczaninow, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 36: 565. 1863.
 
TYPE: PERU: Without data, Mathews 913 (holotype: ?; isotype: OXF).
Sida sabeana
Sida sabeana Buckley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 449. 1861.
 
TYPE: TEXAS:
Specimens and Distribution

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Plant Photos
Melochia pyramidata - 159
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Melochia pyramidata - 159
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Melochia pyramidata - 258
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