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Melastoma L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 389 (1753)   Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000023619.

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Synonyms of Melastoma

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Lachnopodium Blume Flora 14: 477 (1831) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000020371
Malabathris Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 97 (1838) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000022914
Otanthera Blume Flora 14: 488 (1831) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000027436

Species in Melastoma ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Melastoma:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma agreste Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 425, t. 166. 1775 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160236
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma amygdalina Desr. Encycl. 4: 35 (1797) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001083056
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma annulatum Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4056. 1831 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160243
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma aspera L. Sp. Pl. 1: 391 1753 — wfo-0001259442
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma asperum Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 17. 1768 [16 Apr 1768] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001082454
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma atropurpurea Rollison Gard. Chron. 1857: 418 (1857) — wfo-1000051098
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma bifarium Rich. ex Cogn. Fl. Bras. (Martius) 14(4): 192. 1886 [1 Dec 1886] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160277
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma brachiatum Vell. Fl. Flumin. 180. 1829 [1825 publ. 7 Sep-28 Nov 1829] ; see also Fl. Flumin. Icon. 4: t. 125. 1831. [1827 publ. 29 Oct 1831] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160285
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma brunneum Vahl Eclog. Amer. 3: 19, t. 23. 1807 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001278055
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma calycopteron Rich. Monogr. Melast. t. 42. 1815 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160293
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma calyptrata Desr. Encycl. 4: 51 1797 — wfo-0001082459
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma calyptratum Sieb. ex Cogn. Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 765. 1891 [Jun 1891] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160297
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma calyptratum Vahl Eclog. Amer. 1: 40. 1797 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160294
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma canescens DC. – — wfo-0001079467
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma capillaris Sw. – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001259400
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma capitatum G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 764. 1832 [Oct 1832] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160298
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma capitellatum var. neglecta (D.Don) L.O.Williams Fieldiana, Bot. 29: 556 1963 — wfo-0001082897
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma celatum Bonpl. Monogr. Melast. 1: 11, t. 6 1807 — wfo-0001258231
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma ciliaris DC. – — wfo-0001079468
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma cinnamomifolia Jacq. Collectanea 2: 111, t. 6. f. 2 1788 — wfo-0001258467
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma clavata Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 476 1805 — wfo-0001253640
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma coccinea Rich. Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 109 1792 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001253841
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma coeruleum Hort. ex Rchb. Hort. Bot. iii. 18. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160313
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma crenata D.Don Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 4: 308 1823 — wfo-0001080745
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma crenatum Pav. ex DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 165. 1828 [mid Mar 1828] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160324
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma cymosum J.C.Wendl. Sert. Hannov. t. 10 1796 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001226565
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma dentata Pav. ex D.Don Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 4: 308 1823 — wfo-0001080941
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma elaeagnoides Sw. Fl. Ind. Occid. 2: 815 (1798) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001040669
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma escorpioides Schltdl. & Cham. – — wfo-0001248925
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma extinctorum Bonpl. Monogr. Melast. 1: 133–135, t. 57 1816 — wfo-0001235706
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma fallax Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 17: 1068. [Oct 1826-Nov 1827] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160371
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma fallax Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4050. 1831 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160373
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma ferrigineum Roxb. Hort. Bengal. [90]. 1814 (as ferruginea) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160375
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma floridum Bonpl. Monogr. Melast. , t. 53 1809 — wfo-0001283036
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma fothergilla var. lanceolatum Bonpl. Monogr. Melast. 1(11-12): 71. [1809-1811] (as lanceolata) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394465
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma fothergilla var. ovale Bonpl. Monogr. Melast. 1(11-12): 71. [1809-1811] (as var. ovalis) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001391538
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma fragile Rich. ex DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 115. 1828 [mid Mar 1828] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160381
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma glabra Vell. Fl. Flumin. 4: 171, t. 121 1825 — wfo-0001039901
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma glaucum Griff. Icon. Pl. Asiat. 4: t. 637. 1854 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160390
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma grossa L.f. Suppl. Pl. 236 1781 — wfo-0001080652
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma lanatum Hort.Chels. ex G.Don Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 174. 1830 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160441
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma lappaceum Desr. Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 4(1): 42. 1797 [9 Feb 1797] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160444
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma latifolia Desr. Encycl. 4: 31 (1797) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001079473
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma lawrenceliaoi Tahil Harvard Pap. Bot. 27(1): 118, figs. 2-3. 2022 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000039952
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma lineare Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2 105. 1894 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000158187
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma macrophyllum Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2 108. 1894 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000158188
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma membranaceum Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2 108. 1894 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000158189
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma molle Mutis Diario Observ. Mutis 2: 346. 1958 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000158190
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma multiflora Desr. Encycl. 4: 35 (1797) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001079475
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma mutabilis Vell. Fl. Flumin. Icon. 4: , t. 130 1831 — wfo-0001035435
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma nivea Desr. Encycl. 4: 42 (1797) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001226512
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma nodosa Desr. Encycl. 4: 55 (1797) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001253848
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma oblongifolium Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 147 1883 — wfo-0001080412
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma octandrum L. ex Sm. in Rees, Cyclop. xxiii. n. 67. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160501
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma osbeckioides Guillaumin Notul. Syst. (Paris) 2: 304. 1912 ; et in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 1913, lx.366 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160506
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma osbeckioides W.Hunter J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 53: 92. 1909 [Sep 1909] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160505
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma paniculatum Mill. ex Triana Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28(1): 95. [8 Dec 1871-13 Jan 1872] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160513
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma parvifolia Merr. Publ. Bur. Sci. Gov. Lab. 29: 32–33 1905 — wfo-0001257256
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma patens Sw. Prodr. [O. P. Swartz] 68. 1788 [20 Jun-29 Jul 1788] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001226511
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma pauciflora Lam. – — wfo-0001079477
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma paupercula Rich. ex Cogn. Fl. Bras. (Martius) 14(4): 202. 1886 [1 Dec 1886] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160522
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma pilosum Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 304. 1825 [Jan-May 1825] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001353722
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma prostatum Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 220–221 1827 — wfo-0001082996
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma pulverulentum Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 17: 1072. [Oct 1826-Nov 1827] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160545
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma pulverulentum Rich. ex DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 155. 1828 [mid Mar 1828] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160547
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma pusillum Rottb. Acta Lit. Univ. Hafn. 1: 292 (Quid ?). 1778 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160551
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma racemifera Schrank & Mart. ex DC. Prodr. 3: 155 1828 — wfo-0001253776
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma rostrata Bertol. Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Inst. Bononiensis 4: 417–418 1840 — wfo-0001082968
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma rostratum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 221. 1825 [26 Jan-1 Feb 1825] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160580
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma saxatile Vell. Fl. Flumin. 181. 1829 [1825 publ. 7 Sep-28 Nov 1829] ; see also Fl. Flumin. Icon. 4: t. 129. 1831. [1827 publ. 29 Oct 1831] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160590
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma scabrosa Sessé & Moc. – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001079481
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma secunda Pav. ex D.Don Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 4: 308 1823 — wfo-0001080756
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma secundum Mart. & Schrank ex DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 164. 1828 [mid Mar 1828] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160597
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma semicrenata Rich. Monogr. Melast. 69, t. 31 1809 — wfo-0001258579
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma septemnervium Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl. 20. 1760 [Aug-Sep 1760] ; Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. 131 (1763) (Quid ?) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001219850
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma sessiliflorum L. – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000158071
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma setigerum Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2 108. 1894 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000158193
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma sieberi DC. Prodr. 3: 189 1828 — wfo-0001258584
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma staminea Lam. – — wfo-0001079482
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma tetradrum Sw. – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001349251
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma velutinum Mart. & Schrank ex DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 182. 1828 [mid Mar 1828] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160658
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma verticillatum Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 12. 1768 [16 Apr 1768] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160661
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma verticillatum Rich. ex DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 155. 1828 [mid Mar 1828] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160663
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melastoma volubile Schrank ex DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 157. 1828 [mid Mar 1828] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000160670