{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |image_caption = |taxon = Melananthus |authority = Walp. }}

'''''Melananthus''''' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=Melananthus Walp. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:38445-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

Its native range is Southern Mexico to Tropical America.<ref name="POWO" />

Species:<ref name="POWO" />

*''Melananthus cubensis'' {{small|Urb.}} *''Melananthus fasciculatus'' {{small|(Benth.) Soler.}} *''Melananthus guatemalensis'' {{small|(Benth. ex Hemsl.) Soler.}} *''Melananthus multiflorus'' {{small|Carvalho}} *''Melananthus ulei'' {{small|Carvalho}}

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Category:Solanaceae Category:Solanaceae genera Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers

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