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 | |
|
See text | |
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
edit
As of November 2020[update], 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
edit- ^ a b c "Melastoma L." Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Melastoma malabituin J.Agcaoili, Barcelona & Pelser". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved November 2, 2020.