⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name record (from Tropicos) is not included in version 1.1 of The Plant List. It is possible the same name is included from a different data source, to check this you can search for Melochia pterocarpa in version 1.1 of The Plant List.
This name is a synonym of Melochia speciosa .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 30400116
) with original publication details: Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 7: 68-70, f. 2 68 1956.
Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:824531-1
.