Melastomataceae {family} - Tracheophyta; Magnoliopsida; Myrtales;

Sub-taxa

Subfamilies (1)
  1. Melastomatoideae [232]
Genera (112)
  1. Acanthella [6]
  2. Aciotis [15]
  3. Acisanthera [8]
  4. Adelobotrys [14]
  5. Allomaieta [14]
  6. Alloneuron [2]
  7. Amphiblemma [1]
  8. Appendicularia [1]
  9. Argyrella [1]
  10. Arthrostemma [17]
  11. Astronia [22]
  12. Astronidium [11]
  13. Axinaea [10]
  14. Beccarianthus [1]
  15. Behuria [2]
  16. Bellucia [25]
  17. Bertolonia [23]
  18. Blakea [55]
  19. Blastus [19]
  20. Boyania [1]
  21. Brachyotum [11]
  22. Brasilianthus [6]
  23. Bucquetia [5]
  24. Calvoa [5]
  25. Calycogonium [13]
  26. Cambessedesia [12]
  27. Caoa [3]
  28. Castratella [4]
  29. Centradenia [12]
  30. Centronia [4]
  31. Chaetolepis [5]
  32. Chaetostoma [1]
  33. Chalybea [5]
  34. Clidemia [162]
  35. Comolia [10]
  36. Conostegia [73]
  37. Cyphotheca [3]
  38. Desmoscelis [4]
  39. Dichaetanthera [8]
  40. Dinophora [2]
  41. Diplarpea [1]
  42. Diplectria [2]
  43. Dissochaeta [12]
  44. Dissotis [19]
  45. Dolichoura [2]
  46. Driessenia [8]
  47. Eriocnema [1]
  48. Ewyckia [2]
  49. Fritzschia [1]
  50. Graffenrieda [34]
  51. Gravesia [4]
  52. Henriettea [35]
  53. Henriettella [12]
  54. Heterocentron [9]
  55. Heterotis [3]
  56. Heterotrichum [1]
  57. Huberia [4]
  58. Huilaea [1]
  59. Lavoisiera [14]
  60. Leandra [73]
  61. Lijndenia [18]
  62. Loreya [8]
  63. Macairea [6]
  64. Macrocentrum [10]
  65. Maieta [4]
  66. Marcetia [11]
  67. Mecranium [5]
  68. Medinilla [18]
  69. Melastoma [67]
  70. Melastomastrum [3]
  71. Melastomataceae_incertae_sedis [3]
  72. Memecylon [336]
  73. Meriania [46]
  74. Merianthera [10]
  75. Miconia [714]
  76. Microlicia [18]
  77. Monochaetum [30]
  78. Monolena [7]
  79. Mouriri [46]
  80. Nepsera [4]
  81. Osbeckia [10]
  82. Ossaea [25]
  83. Oxyspora [21]
  84. Phainantha [2]
  85. Physeterostemon [6]
  86. Pilocosta [6]
  87. Plagiopetalum [3]
  88. Pternandra [52]
  89. Pterogastra [3]
  90. Pterolepis [6]
  91. Rhexia [37]
  92. Rhynchanthera [5]
  93. Rousseauxia [1]
  94. Salpinga [7]
  95. Schwackaea [8]
  96. Siphanthera [10]
  97. Sonerila [20]
  98. Spathandra [8]
  99. Stenodon [1]
  100. Styrophyton [1]
  101. Tessmannianthus [2]
  102. Tetrazygia [20]
  103. Tibouchina [69]
  104. Tigridiopalma [1]
  105. Tococa [34]
  106. Topobea [11]
  107. Trembleya [4]
  108. Triolena [13]
  109. Tristemma [8]
  110. Votomita [2]
  111. Warneckea [78]
  112. Wurdastom [1]
Species (3)
  1. Melastomataceae A.guadamuz326 [3]
  2. Melastomataceae Jorge180 [3]
  3. Melastomataceae Jorge190 [1]

Taxon Description (Wikipedia)

BOLD Stats

Specimen Records: 2,982 Public Records: 2,159
Specimens with Sequences: 3,160 Public Species: 1,327
Specimens with Barcodes: 1,115 Public BINs: 0
Species: 1,470          
Species With Barcodes: 396          
           

Contributors (Specimens & Sequencing)

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Imagery

images representing subtaxa of Melastomataceae
(Acanthella - DC42594) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved (2013) COAH Instituto Amazonico de Investigaciones Ceintificas Sinchi (Aciotis - BioBot05418) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund (Adelobotrys - BioBot06115) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund
(Astronia - XM_0411) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2014) Cam Webb Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University (Astronidium - YAWPLANTCR206) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2016) C. Redmond Czech Academy of Sciences (Axinaea - 0077-I_HMC18903) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Instituto de Investigacion Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH) Instituto de Investigacion Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)
(Bellucia - CSP01069) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2008) Unspecified Carnegie Institution for Science (Blakea - RLJ-11391) @11 [ ] Copyright (2017) Unspecified Columbus State University (Blastus - Ge02732) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike Unspecified Herbarium of South China Botanical Garden
(Brachyotum - CORBIDI PL A-1) @11 [ ] Copyright (2010) CORBIDI Centro de Ornitologia y Biodiversidad (Bucquetia - UDBC-BSDATA-082) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Herbario Forestal UDBC Herbario Forestal UDBC - Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (Caoa - BioBot05391) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund
(Centradenia - BioBot11871) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund (Clidemia - BioBot06273) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund (Conostegia - BioBot01877) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund
(Dichaetanthera - FHO-PS631) @11 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified University of Oxford, Department of Plant Sciences (Dinophora - FHO-EK3345) @11 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified University of Oxford, Department of Plant Sciences (Dissotis - OM3806) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) Olivier Maurin University of Johannesburg
(Graffenrieda - 0147-I_HMC18985) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Instituto de Investigacion Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH) Instituto de Investigacion Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH) (Henriettella - AP-9474) @11 [ ] Copyright (2048) Unspecified Columbus State University (Heterotis - FHO-PS2606) @11 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified University of Oxford, Department of Plant Sciences
(Leandra - 0003-I_HMC18822) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2033) Instituto de Investigacion Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH) Instituto de Investigacion Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH) (Lijndenia - WH213a_181) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Unspecified Herbarium de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles (Medinilla - CNS_CC_P_6081_H5) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Australia Tropical Herbarium Unspecified
(Melastoma - TW019302) @11 [ ] Copyright (2021) Unspecified Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (Melastomastrum - FHO-EK3915) @11 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified University of Oxford, Department of Plant Sciences (Melastomataceae_incertae_sedis - BioBot05307) @11 [ ] Copyright (2010) Unspecified Unspecified
(Melastomatoideae - Ge03869) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike Unspecified Herbarium of South China Botanical Garden (Memecylon - Burrows10604) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Meriania - RLJ-11081) @11 [ ] Copyright (2017) Unspecified Columbus State University
(Miconia - PLANASAPL3_P4_2) @11 [ ] Copyright (2023) Instituto de Investigacion Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH) Instituto de Investigacion Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH) (Monochaetum - 0255-I_JAC3267) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Instituto de Investigacion Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH) Instituto de Investigacion Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH) (Mouriri - AP-9247) @11 [ ] Copyright (2136) Unspecified Columbus State University
(Nepsera - BioBot06315) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund (Pternandra - XM_0041) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) Cam Webb, Endro Setiawan & Hery Yanto Unspecified (Rhexia - OSBAR000085) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) Florida Museum of Natural History Florida Museum of Natural History
(Schwackaea - BioBot10110) @11 [ ] Copyright (2010) Unspecified Unspecified (Spathandra - FHO-00020632D) @11 [ ] Copyright (2013) Cicely Marshall Dept of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford (Tessmannianthus - AP-4023) @11 [ ] Copyright (2015) Unspecified Columbus State University
(Tetrazygia - VP-17b) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved (2014) Unspecified Columbus State University, GA (Tibouchina - Ge02341) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike Unspecified Herbarium of South China Botanical Garden (Tococa - AP-9557) @11 [ ] Copyright (2031) Unspecified Columbus State University
(Topobea - RJP-T13-107) @11 [ ] Copyright (2015) Unspecified Columbus State University (Triolena - BioBot06092) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund (Tristemma - OM4143) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Warneckea - Burrows13442) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Warneckea)
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Collected from 28 countries.
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Colombia318Malaysia18Nigeria7
Costa Rica253Peru18Zambia6
Indonesia81China16South Africa6
Mexico62Panama15Papua New Guinea5
Gabon57India12Kenya4
Brazil38Japan11Cote d'Ivoire3
United States33Australia9

Taxon Occurrence (GBIF)