Biology:Melhania rotundata
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Short description: Species of plant
| Melhania rotundata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Melhania |
| Species: | M. rotundata
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| Binomial name | |
| Melhania rotundata Hochst. ex Mast.[1]
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Melhania rotundata is a plant in the family Malvaceae, native to East Africa.
Description
Melhania rotundata grows as a herb or subshrub up to 70 centimetres (28 in) tall, rarely to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in). The round to ovate leaves are tomentose, coloured greyish-green. They measure up to 6.2 cm (2 in) long. Inflorescences may have a solitary flower or be two or three-flowered with a stalk up to 5.5 cm (2 in) long. The flowers have bright yellow petals.[2]
Distribution and habitat
Melhania rotundata is native to Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania.[1] Its habitat is in Acacia-Commiphora bushland or woodland at altitudes of 100–1,150 m (300–3,800 ft).[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Melhania rotundata". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:824393-1. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cheek, Martin; Dorr, Laurence J. (2007). Beentje, Henk. ed. Sterculiaceae – Flora of Tropical East Africa. 237. East African governments by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 9781842461853.
Wikidata ☰ Q17580491 entry
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