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)
228.4116
Genus
Calvoa Hook.f.; Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 1: 755 (1867)
Distribution: Tropical Africa
Species listed in database: 20
species :
Calvoa angolensis
A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 29: 58 (1955)
Distribution: ?Congo [Brazzaville]; NE-Angola
26 ANG
Remarks: only known from one location, not collected since 1949
Synonyms: hidden
= Calvoa sapinii var. angolensis (A.Fern. & R.Fern.) Cavaco; Comp. Diam. Angola, Public. Cultur. 42: 115 (1959)
species :
Calvoa confertifolia
Exell; Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tomé [Exell] 179 (1944)
Distribution: São Tomé
23 SAO
species :
Calvoa crassinoda
Hook.f. ex Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 78 (1871 publ. 1872)
Distribution: São Tomé; Annobon Isl.
23 ANN SAO
Synonyms: hidden
= Calvoa molleri Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 31 (1898)
= Calvoa robusta Cogn.; Bol. Soc. Brot. 24: 240 (1909)
= Calvoa uropetala Mildbr.; Wiss. Ergebn. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1910-1911), Bot. 2: 163 (1922), nomen, et Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 701 (1937), descr.
species :
Calvoa grandifolia
Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 424 (1891)
Distribution: Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Annobon Isl.
23 ANN PRI SAO
species :
Calvoa hirsuta
Hook.f. ex Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 78 (1871 publ. 1872)
Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Angola
22 IVO LBR 23 BIO CMN CON EQG GAB PRI SAO ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Amphiblemma ludwigii Gilg ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 756 (1921)
= Calvoa bequaertii De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 1: 383 (1922)
= Calvoa henriquesii Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 526 (1891)
= Calvoa rosularis Gilg ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.): 759 (1921)
species :
Calvoa integrifolia
Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 525 (1891)
Distribution: São Tomé
23 SAO
species :
Calvoa jacques-felixii
Figueiredo; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 136: 196 (2001)
Distribution: Equatorial Guinea; Gabon
23 EQG GAB
species :
Calvoa leonardii
Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 44(1-2): 167 (1974)
Distribution: E-D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
Remarks: not collected since 1959
species :
Calvoa maculata
M.E.Leal; Blumea 50(3): 473 (2005)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
species :
Calvoa monticola
A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 1: 209 (1927), in clavi, Hutch. & Dalziel in Kew Bull.1928, 221, descr., A. Chev. in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, iv.680, descr. ampl. (1932)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
22 GHA GUI IVO LBR SIE 23 CMN CON GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Calvoa monticola A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 275 (1920), nomen
= Calvoa silvatica A.Chev.
= Calvoa trinervia Baker f.
species :
Calvoa orientalis
Taub.; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 46 (1894), et Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas 296C(1895)
Distribution: S-Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; ?Burundi; Uganda; Tanzania
23 CAF CMN CON GAB RWA ZAI 25 TAN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Calvoa sessiliflora Cogn. ex De Wild. & T.Durand; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 2, 1(1): 22 (1899)
species :
Calvoa pulcherrima
Gilg ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 757 (1921), et Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr.-Exped. 1910-11 2: 89 (1922)
Distribution: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
23 CMN CON EQG GAB
species :
Calvoa sapinii
De Wild.; Co. Kasai Mission Perman. Études Sci. Résult. Rech. Bot. Agron. 377 (1910)
Distribution: Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; W-D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 CON GAB ZAI
species :
Calvoa seretii
De Wild; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 81 (1915)
subspecies :
subsp. seretii
Distribution: Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 CON EQG GAB ZAI
subspecies :
subsp. wildemaniana
(Exell) Figueiredo; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 136: 196 (2001)
Distribution: Gabon; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Angola
23 GAB ZAI 26 ANG
species :
Calvoa sinuata
Hook.f. ex Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 78 (1871 publ. 1872)
Distribution: Principe Isl.; Congo [Brazzaville] [I]; D. R. Congo [Zaire] [I]
23 con PRI zai
species :
Calvoa sitaeana
Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1981(2): 134 (1981)
Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]
23 CON
Remarks: only known from the type collected in 1971
species :
Calvoa stenophylla
Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Sér. 4, 2: 243 (1981)
Distribution: SW-Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN CR (Cameroon)
species :
Calvoa subquinquenervia
De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 1: 384 (1922)
Distribution: E-D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
Remarks: not collected since 1959
species :
Calvoa trochainii
Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 10: 639 (1938)
Distribution: Guinea; Liberia; Ivory Coast; S-Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; ?Congo [Brazzaville]; W-D. R. Congo [Zaire]
22 GUI IVO LBR 23 BIO CMN EQG GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Calvoa ignati-bolivari Brenan & Guinea; nom. inval.
= Calvoa polychaeta Guinea; nom. inval.
species :
Calvoa zenkeri
Gilg ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.): 757 (1921)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon
23 CMN GAB
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Calvoa calliantha Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1981(2): 136 (1981)
