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228.0000 Family Melastomataceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 328 (1789), nom. cons.
148 genera, ca. 6000 spp. tropics, by far the majority in tropical America, almost 1000 in Colombia. Complete phylogeny: Goldenberg et al. (2022), refined by Quakenbush et al. (2025)
Species listed in database: 6137; hybrids: 2
= Blakeaceae Rchb. ex Barnhart; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 19 (1895)
= Memecylaceae DC.; Linnaea 2: 505 (1827)
= Miconiaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [Martius] 64 (1835)
= Mouririaceae Gardner; J. Bot. [Hooker] 2: 22 (1840)
= Rhexiaceae Dumort.; Commentat. Bot. [Dumortier] 59 (1822)
228.4820 Genus Argyrella Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 13: 300, t. 6 (1850)
Distribution: Tropical Africa. Phylogenetic position unconfirmed
Species listed in database: 7
species :
Argyrella amplexicaulis (Jacq.-Fél.) Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit; Taxon 66(3): 604 (2017)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; W-Mali; Ivory Coast; Benin
22 BEN GNB GUI IVO MLI SIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Heterotis amplexicaulis (Jacq.-Fél.) Aké Assi; Flore Côte d´Ivoire (Thesis) 2: 991 (1984)
= Dissotis amplexicaulis Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 8: 108 (1936)
= Dissotis gilgiana Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 1: 212 (1927), Hutch. & Dalziel in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 222 (1928) (non De Wild. 1903)
= Dissotis incana var. gilgiana A.Chev.; (1920)
species :
Argyrella angolensis (Cogn.) Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit; Taxon 66(3): 604 (2017)
Distribution: Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; SW-Angola
23 CMN CON 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Heterotis angolensis (Cogn.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 20(4): 420 (1981)
= Dissotis angolensis Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 371 (1891)
species :
Argyrella bambutorum (Gilg & Ledermann ex Engl.) Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit; Taxon 66(3): 604 (2017)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN VU (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Heterotis angolensis var. bambutorum (Gilg & Ledermann ex Engl.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 20(4): 420 (1981)
= Dissotis bambutorum Gilg & Ledermann ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 750 (1921)
species :
Argyrella canescens (E.Mey. ex Graham) Harv.; Gen. S. Afr. Pl. ed. 2: 113 (1868)
Distribution: Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; S-Chad; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
22 BEN NGA 23 CAF CMN CON ZAI 24 CHA ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Argyrella incana (Walp.) Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 13: 300, t. 6, f. 7 (1850)
= Dissotis canescens (E.Mey. ex Graham) Hook.f.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 453 (1871)
= Dissotis canescens var. sudanense Jacq.-Fél.
= Dissotis incana (Naudin) Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28(1): 58 (1871)
= Dissotis incana Walp.; (nom. illeg.)
= Heterotis canescens (E.Mey. ex Graham) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 20(4): 420 (1981)
= Osbeckia canescens E.Mey. ex Graham; Edinburgh New Philos. J. 28: 899 (1840)
= Osbeckia incana (Naudin) Roberty; Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire, A 16: 789 (1954)
= Osbeckia incana E.Mey. ex Hochst.; Flora 27: 424 (1844)
= Osbeckia incana E.Mey. ex Walp.; Repert. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 5(4): 708 (1846)
= Osbeckia umlaasiana Hochst.; Flora 27: 424 (1844)
= Tristemma verdickii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 4, 1(3): 219 (1903) (non Dissotis verdickii De Wild. 1903)
species :
Argyrella linearis (Jacq.-Fél.) Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit; Taxon 66(3): 604 (2017)
Distribution: Guinea
22 GUI
Synonyms: hidden
= Dissotis linearis Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 15: 980 (1953)
species :
Argyrella richardsiae Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit; PhytoKeys 82: 115 (2017)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Argyrella sessilis (Hutch. ex Brenan & Keay) Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit; Taxon 66(3): 604 (2017)
Distribution: Sierra Leone
22 SIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Dissotis sessilis Hutch. ex Brenan & Keay; Kew Bull. [7]: 545 (1952)
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