kingdom: Plantae >
subkingdom: Pteridobiotina Britton & Brown >
phylum: Tracheophyta >
class: Magnoliopsida >
order: Malvales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl >
family: Malvaceae Juss. >
subfamily: Dombeyoideae Beilschm. >
genus: Melhania Forssk. >
Egypt; Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Soqotra; Angola