Melastoma malabathricum L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 651-689 : 662

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Melastoma malabathricum L.
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Melastoma malabathricum Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 1: 390. 1753 View Cited Treatment .

"Habitat in India." RCN: 3075.

Lectotype (Bremer in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6: 159. 1987; Bremer in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 65. 1993): Herb. Hermann 1: 55, No. 171 (BM-000594487) .

Generitype of Melastoma Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 153. 1929).

Current name: Melastoma malabathricum L. View in CoL ( Melastomataceae ).

Note: Bremer (1987) indicated material in Herb. Hermann ( BM) in both vol. 1: 55 and 4: 3 as type. Under Art. 9.15, this is a valid typification, later (1993) restricted to that in vol. 1: 55 by the same author.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Melastomataceae

Genus

Melastoma

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Melastoma malabathricum L.

Jarvis, Charlie 2007
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