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512.0000 Family Acanthaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 102 (1789) (´Acanthi´), nom. cons.
ca. 192 genera, ca. 5500 spp. Phylogeny: Manzitto-Tripp et al. 2022
Species listed in database: 5597
= Avicenniaceae Miq.; Pl. Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1: 353 (1845), nom. cons.
= Justiciaceae Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 60 (1838)
= Mendonciaceae Bremek.; Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C 56: 540 (1954)
= Meyeniaceae Sreem.; Phytologia 37: 412 (1977)
= Nelsoniaceae (Nees) Sreem.; Phytologia 37: 412 (1977)
= Thunbergiaceae Lilja; Skånes Fl., ed. 2: 979 (1870)
512.4803 Genus Mellera S.Moore; J. Bot. 17: 225 (1879)
Distribution: Tropical and subtropical Africa, Madagascar (1), 1 undescribed
Species listed in database: 7
= Onus Gilli; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 118(5): 560 (1970 publ. 1971)
species :
Mellera briartii De Wild. & T.Durand; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt.-Rend. 38: 210 (1899)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Mellera congdonii Vollesen; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Acanth. (Part 1) 238 (2008)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Mellera insignis Vollesen; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Acanth. (Part 1) 236 (2008)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Mellera lobulata S.Moore; J. Bot. 17: 225 (1879)
Distribution: Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
23 BUR CAF RWA ZAI 24 ETH SSU 25 TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Mellera angustata Lindau; Wiss. Ergebn. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1907-1908), Bot. 2: 294 (1911)
species :
Mellera menthiodora Lindau; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 20 (1920)
Distribution: Rwanda; Tanzania
23 RWA 25 TAN
species :
Mellera nyassana S.Moore; J. Bot. 32: 133 (1894)
Distribution: Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
species :
Mellera submutica C.B.Clarke; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 5: 51 (1900)
Distribution: Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe
23 CAF ZAI 25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Mellera submutica f. latifolia De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 4, 1: 145 (1903)
= Mellera submutica var. grandiflora De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 4, 1: 143 (1903)
= Onus cochlearibracteatus Gilli; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 118(5): 561 (1970 publ. 1971)
= Onus submuticus (C.B.Clarke) Gilli; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 118(5): 561 (1970 publ. 1971)
= Pseudobarleria lindaui Dewèvre; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 33(Compt. Rend.): 104 (1894), nomen
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