Melhania


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 Angiosperm [Phylogeny Group|APG] and most subsequent systematics. The genus is named for Mount Melhan in Yemen.

Species

The following species are recognised by Plants of [the World Online] :
Melhania decanthera DC and M. laurifolia Bojer are now in Dombeya.
A 2021 study subsumed Trochetiopsis, endemic to Saint Helena, and Paramelhania, native to Madagascar, into Melhania.