Melochia tomentosa L. (Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 1140. 1759.)
Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Anguilla, Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, the Grenadines, Martinique, Monserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Cayman Island (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Beata, Dominican Republic, Gonave, Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Caja de Muertos, Culebra, Desecheo, Mona, Monito, Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) (Anegada, Guana Islands, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda ) ], Bahamas (native), North America (native), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native),
Common Names: Balsam (L. Antilles), Black widow (L. Antilles), Bois-champignon (L. Antilles), Bretónica afelpada (Puerto Rico), Malva cimarrona (Cuba), Raichie (Jamaica), Tea bush (Jamaica), Velvety melochia (Bahamas),
Synonyms: Melochia portoricensis Spreng. (Syst. Veg. ed., 16, 3: 29. 1826.), Melochia tomentosa L. var. frutescens (Jacq.) DC. (Prodr. 490. 1824.), Melochia tomentosa L. var. turpiniana K. Schum. (in C.F.P. von Martius, Fl. Bras. 12(3): 34. 1886.), Moluchia tomentosa (L.) Britton (Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Mem. 1: 69. 1918),
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