Herbarium Specimen Details

Melochia nodiflora
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Melochia nodiflora Sw.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : "Hole-in-the-Donut" restoration project, Everglades National Park. 25° 57' 18" N 80° 44' 41" W
Description Large shrub; base to 4 cm; flowers pink.
Habitat Dry, disturbed soil mounds.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector J. Sadle 548
Collection Date 05 Dec 2007
Accession Number 246418
Image 246418.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Melochia nodiflora
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Melochia nodiflora Sw.
Locality Jamaica. Middlesex Co. , St. Catherine Par. : Near Ewarton. 18° 10' 34" N 77° 5' 10" W
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector W. H. Harris
Collection Date 24 Nov 1896
Accession Number 243123
Image 243123.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Melochia nodiflora
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Melochia nodiflora Sw.
Locality Puerto Rico. Comerío Mun. : Rio La Plata, 2 mi. NE of Comerío, at the junction of highways 156 and 781; around roadside and bridge.
Description Flowers yellow.
Habitat Weeds.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector B. F. Hansen
with R. P. Sauleda, M. E. Ragan, & J. Lopez
Collection Date 25 Nov 1981
Accession Number 166974
Image 166974.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Melochia nodiflora
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Melochia nodiflora Sw.
Locality Puerto Rico. Humacao Mun. : Palmas del Mar, large resort area along SE coast, ca. 1.5 mi. N of Punta Guayanés.
Description Shrub 1 m tall; flowers light lavender.
Habitat Disturbed coastal scrub on hillsides.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector B. F. Hansen
with R. P. Sauleda, M. E. Ragan, & J. Lopez
Collection Date 01 Dec 1981
Accession Number 166446
Image 166446.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Melochia nodiflora
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Melochia nodiflora Sw.
Locality Cayman Islands. Grand Cayman Island Smith Road vicinity, George Town.
Description Small shrub; corolla white containing red lines; 1 m.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector N. Chevalier
Collection Date 14 Dec 1971
Accession Number 103450
Image 103450.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Melochia nodiflora
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Melochia nodiflora Sw. - Determined By: M. Nee, 1993
Locality Puerto Rico. Añasco Mun. : Bo. Caguabo, highway 115, 2 km W of junction with highway 402; above the Caribbean Sea. 18° 18' 0" N 67° 13' 0" W
Description Shrublets to 2 m tall; branches arching; leaves distichous; flowers pale pink.
Habitat S-facing slope.
Reproductive State
Elevation 20 to m
Collector M. Nee
Collection Date 09 Nov 1993
Accession Number 258030
Image 258030.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Melochia nodiflora
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Melochia nodiflora Sw.
Locality Dominican Republic. La Altagracia Prov. Half-way between Boca del Yuma town and El Caracol (old bridge over Río Duey, N of town). 18° 22' 60" N 68° 36' 60" W
Description 1 m tall with 1 stem; calyx maroon; corolla pink.
Habitat Former farm fields, on upland and edge of limestone humid forest.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 20 to 60 m
Collector T. A. Zanoni
with M. Mejía & C. Ramirez
Collection Date 05 Feb 1981
Accession Number 179849
Image 179849.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Melochia nodiflora
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Melochia nodiflora Sw.
Locality Cayman Islands. Grand Cayman Island Smith Road vicinity; George Town.
Description Small shrub; corolla white containing red lines; 1 m.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector N. Chevalier
Collection Date 14 Dec 1971
Accession Number 103458
Image 103458.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Melochia nodiflora
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Melochia nodiflora Sw.
Locality St. Vincent & the Grenadines. St. Vincent , St. George Par. : Rose Cottage area.
Description Shrub or tree; 3 m tall; flowers appear to be pale purplish-pink, Munsell hue 2.5 RP8/5; petals with pink forked veins.
Habitat In thickets at margin of beach.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector G. R. Cooley
Collection Date 13 Jan 1962
Accession Number 53806
Image 53806.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Melochia nodiflora
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Melochia nodiflora Sw. - Determined By: Liesner, Mar 1977
Locality Belize. Orange Walk Distr. W edge of San Antonio village on side of road to Santa Cruz.
Description Small shrub or tree, white petals with red veination.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector P. W. Leino
Collection Date 25 Nov 1976
Accession Number 236099
Image 236099.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Melochia nodiflora
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Melochia nodiflora Sw.
Locality Mexico. Jalisco W end of Sierra de Manantlan, with cultivated land and induced chaparral meeting forest at Potrero el Tepejilote, 4 km (airline) ENE of Zapotillo, 5.5 km (by air) NE of Casimiro Castillo. 19° 38' 16" N 104° 24' 45" W
Description Very low, spreading shrub; flowers pink with darker pink (almost maroon) center; probably weedy.
Habitat Very disturbed (through grazing and other uses) remnants of "bosque tropical subcaducifolio", the trees and shrubs of both primary and secondary communities; undulating terrain with deep soil, lower SW-facing slopes.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 470 to m
Collector T. S. Cochrane
with F. J. Santana M. & L. Guzmán H.
Collection Date 17 Jan 1990
Accession Number 203101
Image 203101.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Melochia nodiflora
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Melochia nodiflora Sw. - Determined By: Liesner,
Locality Panama. Coclé Prov. Banks of Rio Grande.
Description Shrub to 4 ft.; flowers very pale pink (almost white).
Reproductive State Flower
Collector D. Burch
with R. L. Oliver & K. R. Robertson
Collection Date 23 Dec 1966
Accession Number 113324
Image 113324.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation

Melochia nodiflora
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Melochia nodiflora Sw.
Locality Mexico. Oaxaca , San Cristóbal Amatlán Mun. : 16° 19' 36" N 96° 21' 60" W
Reproductive State Flower
Collector J. Santiago Martínez
Collection Date 13 Dec 1995
Accession Number 220953
Image 220953.jpg
Plant Atlas Link Plant Atlas Citation