A Chronology of Middle Missouri Plains Village Sites

514 • smithsonian contributions to botany
Malvaviscus grandiflorus sensu Roig = Malvaviscus penduliflorus DC.
Malvaviscus jordan-mottii Millsp. = Malvaviscus arboreus Cav.
Malvaviscus malvaviscus (L.) Millsp. = Malvaviscus arboreus Cav.
Malvaviscus penduliflorus DC., Prodr. 1: 445. 1824; Malvaviscus
arboreus Cav. subsp. penduliflorus (DC.) Hadač, Folia Geobot.
Phytotax. 5: 432. 1970; Malvaviscus arboreus Cav. var.
penduliflorus (DC.) Schery, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 29: 223.
1942.
Malvaviscus grandiflorus sensu Roig, Pl. Med. Aromat. Venenosas
Cuba. 521. 1974, non Kunth, 1822.
Distribution: Exotic in Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Jamaica,
Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe, St. Lucia), Tobago,
Trinidad, and United States (FL, TX); origin unknown.
Common Names: Abutilón España, Mar serena, Pasiflora (Cuba),
Pepper hibiscus, Sleeping hibiscus (Jamaica).
References: 1, 3, 4, 16, 58, 260, 603.
Note: Malvaviscus is perhaps better included in a broadly circumscribed
Hibiscus (603).
Malvaviscus pilosus (Sw.) DC. = Malvaviscus arboreus Cav.
Malvaviscus poeppigii (Spreng.) G. Don = Hibiscus poeppigii (Spreng.)
Garcke
Malvaviscus populneus (L.) Gaertn. = Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex
Corrêa
Malvaviscus pulvinatus A. Rich. = Malvaviscus arboreus Cav.
Malvaviscus sagranus A. Rich. = Malvaviscus arboreus Cav.
Malveopsis americana (L.) Kuntze = Malvastrum americanum (L.) Torr.
Malveopsis coromandeliana (L.) Morong = Malvastrum
coromandelianum (L.) Garcke
Malveopsis spicata (L.) Kuntze var. normalis Kuntze f. flava Kuntze =
Malvastrum americanum (L.) Torr. var. americanum
Malveopsis spicata (L.) Kuntze var. normalis Kuntze f. rubra Kuntze =
Malvastrum americanum (L.) Torr. var. americanum
Melochia arenosa Benth., J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 127. 1842.
Distribution: Native to Cuba and South America.
References: 3, 151, 251, 452.
Melochia bissei A. Rodr., Revista Jard. Bot. Nac. Univ. Habana 4: 83.
1983.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
Reference: 179.
Melochia cordata Burm. f. = Sida cordata (Burm. f.) Borss. Waalk.
Melochia crenata Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 86. 1794.
Distribution: Native to Jamaica and South America.
References: 2, 151, 452.
Melochia depressa L. = Kosteletzkya depressa (L.) O.J. Blanch., Fryxell,
& D.M. Bates
Melochia domingensis Jacq. = Melochia pyramidata L.
Melochia frutescens Jacq. = Melochia tomentosa L.
Melochia hirsuta Cav. = Melochia spicata (L.) Fryxell
Melochia jamaicensis Balb. ex DC. = Melochia pilosa (Mill.) Fawc. &
Rendle
Melochia lupulina Sw., Prodr. 97. 1788.
Distribution: Native to Jamaica, Mexico, Central America, and South
America.
References: 2, 151, 452.
Melochia manducata C. Wright in F.A. Sauvalle, Anales Acad. Ci. Méd.
Habana 5: 241. 1868.
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Mexico, and South
America (Brazil).
Common Name: Escobilla (Dominican Republic).
References: 2, 3, 7, 350, 445, 452, 601.
Melochia nipensis Britton = Waltheria microphylla Cav.
Melochia nodiflora Sw., Prodr. 97. 1788; Riedlea nodiflora (Sw.) DC.,
Prodr. 1: 491. 1824 [as Riedleya].
?Melochia nodiflora Sw. var. longipetiolata Kitan., God. Sofiisk. Univ.
Biol. Fak., 2 Bot. Mikrobiol. Fiziol. Biokhim. Rast. 64: 61. 1972
[“1969-1970”].
Distribution: Native to Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola,
Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (Guana, St. Croix, St. John,
St. Thomas, Tortola), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados,
Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Martinique,
Montserrat, Nevis, St. Barthélemy, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St.
Vincent), Tobago, Trinidad, Mexico, Central America, and South
America.
Common Names: Malva colorada (Cuba), Escobilla (Dominican
Republic), Lalo glise (Haiti), Mauve (Lesser Antilles), Bretónica
prieta, Bretónica piramidal (Puerto Rico).
References: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 19, 31, 45, 58, 61, 123, 131, 132, 301, 445,
452, 601, 606.
Melochia obovata Urb. = Melochia parvifolia Kunth
Melochia parvifolia Kunth in F.W.H.A. von Humboldt, A.J.A.
Bonpland & C.S. Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 5: 325. 1823.
Melochia obovata Urb., Symb. Antill. 9: 233. 1924.
Distribution: Native to Cuba and South America.
References: 3, 179, 224, 251.
Note: Considered exotic and invasive in Cuba by CeNBIO.
Melochia pilosa (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 5: 164. 1926; Sida
pilosa Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768.
Melochia jamaicensis Balb. ex DC., Prodr. 1: 492. 1824.
Riedlea jamaicensis DC., Prodr. 1: 492. 1824.
Distribution: Exotic in Jamaica; native to Central America and South
America.
References: 2, 151, 452.
Melochia portoricensis Spreng. = Melochia tomentosa L.
Melochia pyramidata L., Sp. Pl. 674. 1753; Moluchia pyramidata (L.)
Britton, Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Mem. 1: 69. 1918.
Melochia domingensis Jacq., Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. 194. 1763.
Distribution: Native to Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola,
Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (St. Croix, Tortola), Lesser
Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada,
Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Montserrat, St. Barthélemy, St.
Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin), United States, Mexico,
Central America, and South America.
Common Names: Smooth melochia (Bahamas), Escobilla, Malva
común, Malva cimarrona, Malva de caballo (Cuba), Escobilla
(Dominican Republic), Mauve (Lesser Antilles), Bretónica
piramidal (Puerto Rico).
References: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 31, 45, 58, 61, 445, 452, 601, 606.
Melochia savannarum Britton, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 81. 1920.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 3, 156, 452.
Melochia serrata (Vent.) A. St.-Hil. & Naudin = Melochia spicata (L.)
Fryxell
Melochia spicata (L.) Fryxell, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 25: 457. 1988; 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; Riedlea hirsuta (Cav.) DC.,
Prodr. 1: 492. 1824.