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Melochia spicata (L.) Fryxell (Syst. Bot. Monogr. 25: 457. 1988.) Localities: West Indies (native), Greater Antilles [ Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Gonave, Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (native)[], ], North America (native: FL), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Common Names: Escoba (Dominican Republic), Malva (Dominican Republic), Synonyms: Malva spicata L. (Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 1146. 1759.), Malvastrum spicatum (L.) A. Gray (Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 4: 22. 1849.), Melochia hirsuta Cav. (Diss. 6: 323. 1788.), Melochia villosa (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle (Fl. Jamaica 5: 165. 1926.), Riedlea cubensis Turcz. (Bjull. Moskovsk. Obač. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. 31(1): 209. 1858.), Riedlea hirsuta (Cav.) DC. (Prodr. 1: 492. 1824.), Riedlea serrata Vent. (Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 8: 2. 1807.), Citations:1). Axelrod, F. 2011. A systematic vademecum to the vascular plants of Puerto Rico. Sida Botanical Miscellany 34: 1-428. 2). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 3). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 4). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago: This flora was published in many parts with many authors. There is no overall editor. R. O. Williams was author of the first treatment and of many others. 5). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 6). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 7). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 8). Wunderlin, R.P., and B.F. Hansen. 2004. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Website: www.plantatlas.usf.edu. Last edited 12 Aug 08 |