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Parent Taxon

• Malvaceae

Sibling Taxa

• Abroma
• Androcalva
• Ayenia
• Byttneria
• Commersonia
• Dicarpidium
• Glossostemon
• Guazuma
• Guichenotia
• Hannafordia
• Hermannia
• Herrania
• Keraudrenia
• Kleinhovia
• Lasiopetalum
• Leptonychia
• Lysiosepalum
• Maxwellia
• Megatritheca
• Melochia
• Scaphopetalum
• Seringia
• Theobroma
• Thomasia
• Waltheria

Child Taxa

• Melochia anomala
• Melochia arenosa
• Melochia argentina
• Melochia bernoulliana
• Melochia betonicifolia
• Melochia betsiliensis
• Melochia bissei
• Melochia canescens
• Melochia caracasana
• Melochia chamaedrys
• Melochia colombiana
• Melochia corchorifolia
• Melochia crenata
• Melochia degeneriana
• Melochia gardneri
• Melochia goldbergii
• Melochia graminifolia
• Melochia grayana
• Melochia hassleriana
• Melochia hermannioides
• Melochia illicioides
• Melochia kerriifolia
• Melochia lanata
• Melochia lanceolata
• Melochia leucantha
• Melochia longepetiolata
• Melochia longibracteolata
• Melochia longidentata
• Melochia lupulina
• Melochia manducata
• Melochia melissifolia
• Melochia ministella
• Melochia mollipila
• Melochia mollis
• Melochia morongii
• Melochia nodiflora
• Melochia nudiflora
• Melochia oaxacana
• Melochia odorata
• Melochia parhamii
• Melochia parvifolia
• Melochia peruviana
• Melochia pilosa
• Melochia pterocarpa
• Melochia pulverulenta
• Melochia pyramidata
• Melochia roseiflora
• Melochia savannarum
• Melochia sergipana
• Melochia simplex
• Melochia speciosa
• Melochia spicata
• Melochia splendens
• Melochia thymifolia
• Melochia tomentella
• Melochia tomentosa
• Melochia trujilloi
• Melochia ulmifolia
• Melochia umbellata
• Melochia urticifolia
• Melochia villosa
• Melochia villosissima
• Melochia werdermannii

Top Observation Places

• Guadalupe
• McAllen