Melochia corchorifolia Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 675. 1753 Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M) Jarvis, Charlie L. Linnaeus 1753 Magnoliopsida Malvaceae Melochia Plantae Malvales Tracheophyta species corchorifolia      Melochia corchorifoliaLinnaeus,  Species Plantarum2: 675. 1753, typ. cons.  "Habitat in India." RCN: 4928.  Conserved type (Goldberg in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 34: 305. 1967): [icon] "  Melochia Corchorifolio" in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 221, t. 176, f. 217. 1732. -  Typotype: Herb. Dillenius ( OXF).   Generitypeof  MelochiaLinnaeus, nom. cons.   Note: Melochia corchorifolia, with a Dillenian illustration as the type, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon41: 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). 2611895536 OXF typotype