Melochia corchorifolia / [Species detail] / Plant Atlas

Classification

Dicots

Family

MALVACEAE

Genus

Melochia

Species

Melochia corchorifolia L.

Common Name

CHOCOLATEWEED

Growth Habit

C Value

Plant Notes

Status

Not Native FAC (NWPL) FAC (DEP)

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Supraordinal

Order

MALVALES

Family

Genus

Species

Melochia corchorifolia L. - CHOCOLATEWEED

MELOCHIA CORCHORIFOLIA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 675. 1753.

Basionym

Type

Without data, Dillenius Herb. s.n. (lectotype: OXF). Lectotypified by Goldberg, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 34: 305. 1967.

** Not applicable or data not available.