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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)
228.4134 Genus Fordiophyton Stapf; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7: 314 (1892)
Distribution: S-China, Indochina. F. breviscapum belongs probably in a separate genus.
Species listed in database: 16
= Stapfiophyton H.L.Li; J. Arnold Arbor. 25: 28 (1944)
= Gymnagathis Stapf; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 6: 315 (1892)
species :
Fordiophyton brevicaule C.Chen; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18(1): 62 (1980)
Distribution: China (Hongkong)
36 CHI
species :
Fordiophyton breviscapum (C.Chen) Y.F.Deng & T.L.Wu; Novon 14(4): 429 (2004)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Hunan)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Stapfiophyton breviscapum C.Chen; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4(3): 57-58 (1984)
species :
Fordiophyton chenii S.Jin Zeng & X.Y.Zhuang; Phytotaxa 247(1): 54 (2016)
Distribution: China (Guangdong)
36 CHI
species :
Fordiophyton cordifolium C.Y.Wu ex C.Chen; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4(3): 61-62 (1984)
Distribution: China (Guangdong)
36 CHI
species :
Fordiophyton damingshanense S.Y.Liu & X.Q.Ning; Guihaia 36(6): 825 (2010)
Distribution: China (Guangxi)
36 CHI
species :
Fordiophyton degeneratum (C.Chen) Y.F.Deng & T.L.Wu; Novon 14(4): 429 (2004)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Stapfiophyton degeneratum C.Chen; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4(3): 58-59 (1984)
species :
Fordiophyton faberi Stapf; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 6: 314 (1892)
Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Yunnan)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Blastus lyi H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11(286-290): 301 (1912)
= Bredia cavaleriei H.Lév. & Vaniot; Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg, Sér. 3, 35: 396 (1906), nom. illeg.
= Bredia mairei H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11 (286-290): 300 (1912)
= Cassebeeria fordii Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 245 (1891)
= Fordiophyton cantonense Stapf; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 6: 314 (1892)
= Fordiophyton fordii (Oliv.) Krasser; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 7: 175 (1893)
= Fordiophyton fordii var. maculatum (C.Y.Wu ex Z.Wei & Y.B.Chang) C.Chen
= Fordiophyton fordii var. pilosum C.Chen; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4(3): 61 (1984)
= Fordiophyton fordii var. vernicinum Hand.-Mazz.; Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 59: 107 (1922)
= Fordiophyton maculatum C.Y.Wu ex Z.Wei & Y.B.Chang; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 9(2): 35 (1989)
= Fordiophyton multiflorum C.Chen; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4(3): 60-61 (1984)
= Oxyspora cavaleriei H.Lév.; Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg, Sér. 3, 35: 394 (1906)
= Sonerila fordii Oliv.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 15(3): 45-46 t. 1457 (1883)
species :
Fordiophyton huizhouense S.Jin Zeng & X.Y.Zhuang; Phytotaxa 247(1): 57 (2016)
Distribution: China (Guangdong)
36 CHI
species :
Fordiophyton jinpingense J.H.Dai & Z.Y.Yu; PhytoKeys 122: 19 (2019)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Fordiophyton longipes Y.Q.Huang ex C.Chen; Fl. Yunnan. 2: 116, f. 29, 1-3 (1979)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Fordiophyton peperomiifolium (Oliv.) C.Hansen; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Sér. 4, 14(3-4): 425 (1992 publ. 1993)
Distribution: China (Guangdong); Vietnam
36 CHI 41 VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Cassebeeria peperomiifolia (Oliv.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 353 (1891)
= Gymnagathis peperomiifolia (Oliv.) Stapf; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 4: 31 (1892)
= Sonerila peperomiifolia Oliv.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 19(1): t. 1814 (1889)
= Stapfiophyton peperomiifolium (Oliv.) H.L.Li; J. Arnold Arbor. 25(1): 29 (1944)
species :
Fordiophyton phamhoangii (V.T.Pham, V.T.Chinh & Ranil) T.V.Do & Ying Liu; Phytotaxa 470(3): 223 (2020)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Phyllagathis phamhoangii V.T.Pham, V.T.Chinh & Ranil; Phytotaxa 314(1): 141 (2017)
species :
Fordiophyton repens Y.Q.Huang ex C.Chen; Fl. Yunnan. 2: 117, f. 29, 4-5 (1979)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Fordiophyton strictum Diels; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 65(2-3): 113 (1933)
Distribution: China (Guangxi, Yunnan); Vietnam
36 CHI 41 VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Fordiophyton longipetiolatum S.Y.Hu; J. Arnold Arbor. 33(2): 168 (1952)
= Fordiophyton polystegium Hand.-Mazz.; Sinensia 3(8): 196 (1933)
species :
Fordiophyton tereticaule S.Jin Zeng & N.H.Xia; PhytoKeys 197: 59-69 (2022)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Fordiophyton zhuangiae S.Jin Zeng & G.D.Tang; Phytotaxa 282(4): 263 (2016)
Distribution: China (Guangdong)
36 CHI
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