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Melochia tomentosa (teabush)

Synonyms:

Infraspecies

Melochia tomentosa var. frutescens
Melochia tomentosa var. turpiniana

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Buenavista Wetland Reserve 778949 Cuba    
Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge   Puerto Rico, United States

Predators

Chlorostilbon lucidus (Glittering-bellied Emerald)[3]
Chrysolampis mosquitus (Ruby-topaz Hummingbird)[4]
Heliomaster squamosus (Stripe-breasted Starthroat)[4]
Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi (banana mealybug)[5]
Pulvinaria urbicola (urbicola soft scale)[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Las-Casas, F.M.G.; Azevedo-Junior, S.M.; Dias-Filho, M.M. 2012. The community of hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae) and the assemblage of flowers in a Caatinga vegetation Brazilian Journal of Biology, v.72, p. 51-58
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0