Melochia corchorifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 675. 1753, typ. cons.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 4928.

Conserved type (Goldberg in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 34: 305. 1967): [icon] " Melochia Corchori folio " in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 221, t. 176, f. 217. 1732. - Typotype: Herb. Dillenius (OXF) .

Generitype of Melochia Linnaeus, nom. cons.

Current name: Melochia corchorifolia L. ( Sterculiaceae).

Note: Melochia corchorifolia, with a Dillenian illustration as the type, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 573. 1992). This was eventually approved by the General Committee (see review of the history of this proposal by Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006).