Melastoma

Melastoma is a genus in the family Melastomataceae. It has over 100 species distributed around Southeast Asia, India, north to Japan, south to Australia and the Pacific Islands.[1] The number of species should probably be reduced according to some sources.[2] Many species have been planted around the world for the aesthetic value of their bright purple flowers.

Melastoma
Melastoma candidum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Melastoma
Blume
Species

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Species in this genus are native to temperate and tropical Asia, Seychelles, Pacific and Australasia.[1] Several have the capacity to become invasive species, in Hawaii and other areas.

Species

As of November 2020, Plants of the World Online (PoWO) accepted the following species.[1] An additional species, Melastoma malabituin, was described in 2020.[3]

  • Melastoma aculeolatum Bakh.f.
  • Melastoma affine D.Don
  • Melastoma ansowii K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma apiense K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma ariffinii K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma ashtonii K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma atrofuscum Bakh.f.
  • Melastoma aureum Bakh.f.
  • Melastoma barioense K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma bauchei Guillaumin
  • Melastoma beccarianum Cogn.
  • Melastoma bensonii Merr.
  • Melastoma borijanum Korth.
  • Melastoma borneense Bakh.f.
  • Melastoma botryanthum K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma buennemeyeri Bakh.f.
  • Melastoma bukitrayense K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma celebicum Blume
  • Melastoma ceramense Naudin
  • Melastoma chevalieri Guillaumin
  • Melastoma collinum K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma culionense Merr.
  • Melastoma curvisepalum Bakh.f.
  • Melastoma cyanoides Sm.
  • Melastoma decipiens Bakh.f.
  • Melastoma denticulatum Labill.
  • Melastoma dodecandrum Lour. - dì niè (Chinese: 地菍) or de rěn (Chinese: 地稔)
  • Melastoma eberhardtii Guillaumin
  • Melastoma elbertii Bakh.f.
  • Melastoma godeffroyi Reinecke
  • Melastoma griffithianum Masters
  • Melastoma hansenii K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma harmsianum Lauterb.
  • Melastoma horridum Bakh.f.
  • Melastoma iliasii K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma imbricatum Wall. ex Triana - senduduk Putih, senggani putih
  • Melastoma impressinervium K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma incisum K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma × intermedium Dunn
  • Melastoma jenkinsii Masters
  • Melastoma joffrei K.M.Wong & Y.W.Low
  • Melastoma kahayanense K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma kemamanense L.Neo & K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma klossii Baker f.
  • Melastoma koordersii Bakh.f.
  • Melastoma kostermansii K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma kuchingense K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma kudoi Sasaki
  • Melastoma lanuginosum Blume
  • Melastoma linusii K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma longiramense K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma magnificum Bakh.f.
  • Melastoma malabathricum L. (many synonyms, some recognized as separate species by some sources, including Melastoma affine D.Don and Melastoma septemnervium Lour.) - Malabar melastome, Singapore rhododendron, senduduk, senggani
  • Melastoma malabituin J.Agcaoili, Barcelona & Pelser[4]
  • Melastoma maraiparaiense K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma micans Gilli
  • Melastoma microlepidotum K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma microphyllum Naudin
  • Melastoma minahassae Koord. ex Karst.Mey.
  • Melastoma molkenboerii Miq.
  • Melastoma molle Wall. ex Cogn.
  • Melastoma muticum Ridl.
  • Melastoma oreophilum K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma oresbium K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma orientale Guillaumin
  • Melastoma ovalifolium Bakh.f.
  • Melastoma paleaceum Naudin
  • Melastoma palungense K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma patulisetum Ohwi
  • Melastoma pellegrinianum (H.Boissieu) Karst.Mey.
  • Melastoma penicillatum Naudin
  • Melastoma pentapetalum (Toyoda) T.Yamaz. & Toyoda
  • Melastoma picklesii K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma porphyraeum Zipp. ex Blume
  • Melastoma postarii K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma praetermissum K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma pubescens Bakh.f.
  • Melastoma pulongtauense K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma robustum Bakh.f.
  • Melastoma roemeri Mansf.
  • Melastoma runiae K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma sabahense Karst.Mey.
  • Melastoma saigonense (Kuntze) Merr.
  • Melastoma sanguineum Sims - fox-tongued melastoma, blood-red melastoma, red melastome
  • Melastoma sarawakense K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma scaberrimum (Hayata) Yuen P.Yang & H.Y.Liu
  • Melastoma septemnervium Lour.
  • Melastoma sibatii K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma suave Bakh.f.
  • Melastoma subalbidum Merr.
  • Melastoma subgrande Hochr.
  • Melastoma sugaui K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma sumatranum Bakh.f.
  • Melastoma sylvaticum Blume
  • Melastoma tanjiewhoei K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma tetramerum Hayata
  • Melastoma toppingii Merr.
  • Melastoma trachycaulon Miq.
  • Melastoma trachyphyllum Backer ex Bakh.f.
  • Melastoma trungii Pócs & Tiep
  • Melastoma ultramaficum K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma velutinosum Ridl.
  • Melastoma vile Bakh.f.
  • Melastoma vulcanicum Ridl.
  • Melastoma yahudii K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma yiianthum K.M.Wong
  • Melastoma zollingeri Naudin

References

  1. "Melastoma L." Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  2. Wagner, Warren L.; Herbst, Derral R.; Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 910–911. ISBN 0-8248-2166-1.
  3. Agcaoilli, John Michael; Barcelona, Julie F. & Pelser, Pieter B. (March 2020). "Melastoma malabituin (Melastomaceae): a new species from northern Luzon, Philippines". Phytotaxa. 435 (1). doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.435.1.3. S2CID 216248091.
  4. "Melastoma malabituin J.Agcaoili, Barcelona & Pelser". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
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