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melastomes

Melastoma

Melastoma is a genus in the family Melastomataceae. It has about 50-70 species distributed around Southeast Asia, India, north to Japan, south to Australia and the Pacific Islands. It is undergoing taxonomic revision and the number of species will probably be reduced according to Wagner et al. 1999. Many species have been planted around the world for the aesthetic value of their bright purple flowers. Several have the capacity to become weedy, and have become noxious...

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24 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Malabar Melastome

speciesMelastoma malabathricum

Common Melastoma

speciesMelastoma candidum

Blood-red Melastoma

speciesMelastoma sanguineum

Twelve-stamened Melastoma

speciesMelastoma dodecandrum

Melastoma scaberrimum

speciesMelastoma scaberrimum

Blue Tongue

speciesMelastoma affine

Melastoma × intermedium

hybridMelastoma × intermedium

Pacific Melastoma

speciesMelastoma denticulatum

Melastoma cyanoides

speciesMelastoma cyanoides

Melastoma saigonense

speciesMelastoma saigonense

Melastoma beccarianum

speciesMelastoma beccarianum

Melastoma tetramerum

speciesMelastoma tetramerum

Melastoma pentapetalum

speciesMelastoma pentapetalum

Melastoma sabahense

speciesMelastoma sabahense

Melastoma imbricatum

speciesMelastoma imbricatum

Melastoma souladethianum

speciesMelastoma souladethianum

Melastoma borijanum

speciesMelastoma borijanum

Melastoma pellegrinianum

speciesMelastoma pellegrinianum

Melastoma bensonii

speciesMelastoma bensonii

Melastoma apiense

speciesMelastoma apiense

Melastoma impressinervium

speciesMelastoma impressinervium

Melastoma sumatranum

speciesMelastoma sumatranum

Melastoma kuchingense

speciesMelastoma kuchingense

Melastoma ariffinii

speciesMelastoma ariffinii

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Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms

James Sowerby · 1797 · p.408

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