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)
228.4111
Genus
Poikilogyne Baker f.; Fl. Arfak Mts. [Gibbs] 157 (1917)
Distribution: New Guinea, few Borneo
Species listed in database: 27
= Scrobicularia Mansf.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 142 (1925)
= Dicerospermum Bakh.f.; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 91: 279 (1943)
species :
Poikilogyne arfakensis
Baker f.; Fl. Arfak Mts. [Gibbs] 157 (1917)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
variant :
var. glabra
Kosterm. ex J.F.Maxwell; Gard. Bull. Singapore 35(2): 223 (1982 publ. 1983)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
species :
Poikilogyne bicolor
J.F.Maxwell; Gard. Bull. Singapore 35(2): 223 (1982 publ. 1983)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
species :
Poikilogyne biporosa
Bakh.f.; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 91: 277 (1943)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Poikilogyne callantha
(Mansf.) M.P.Nayar; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 10: 102 (1968)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Synonyms: hidden
= Scrobicularia callantha Mansf.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 143 (1925)
species :
Poikilogyne carinata
J.F.Maxwell; Gard. Bull. Singapore 35(2): 223 (1982 publ. 1983)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Poikilogyne cordifolia
(Cogn.) Mansf.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 111 (1925)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Synonyms: hidden
= Allomorphia cordifolia Cogn.; Fl. Kais. Wilh. Land [Schumann & Hollrung] 87 (1889) 87, et in Boerl. Handl. Fl. Ned. Indie 1(2): 531 (1890), et Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 468 (1891)
= Poikilogyne rubrosuffusa Ohwi; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 57: 2 (1943)
variant :
var. ledermannii
(Mansf.) J.F.Maxwell; Gard. Bull. Singapore 35(2): 223 (1982 publ. 1983)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Synonyms: hidden
= Poikilogyne ledermannii Mansf.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 111 (1925)
species :
Poikilogyne cornuta
Cellin. & J.F.Maxwell; Novon 17(1): 20 (2007)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Poikilogyne diastematica
J.F.Maxwell; Gard. Bull. Singapore 35(2): 223 (1982 publ. 1983)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Poikilogyne furfuracea
Markgr.; Brittonia 2: 142 (1936)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Poikilogyne grandiflora
J.F.Maxwell; Gard. Bull. Singapore 35(2): 224 (1982 publ. 1983)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Poikilogyne hirta
M.P.Nayar; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 10: 102 (1968)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Poikilogyne hooglandii
M.P.Nayar; J. Jap. Bot. 48(8): 239 (1973)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Poikilogyne lakekamuensis
Cellin.; Novon 17(1): 23 (2007)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Poikilogyne macrophylla
Mansf.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 111 (1925)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Synonyms: hidden
= Allomorphia macrophylla Cogn.; Fl. Kais. Wilh. Land [Schumann & Hollrung] 87 (1889), et in Boerl. Handl. Fl. Ned. Indie. 1(2): 537 (1890), et Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 468 (1891)
species :
Poikilogyne magnifica
Markgr.; Brittonia 2: 141 (1936)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Poikilogyne mucronato-serrulata
Ohwi; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 57: 2 (1943)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
species :
Poikilogyne multiflora
J.F.Maxwell; Gard. Bull. Singapore 35(2): 224 (1982 publ. 1983)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Poikilogyne neglecta
M.P.Nayar; J. Jap. Bot. 48(8): 238 (1973)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Poikilogyne parviflora
Mansf.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 111 (1925) 60: 111 (1925)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Synonyms: hidden
= Allomorphia parviflora Mansf.; Nova Guinea 14: 202 (1924)
= Dicerospermum parviflorum (Mansf.) Bakh.f.; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 91: 280 (1943)
species :
Poikilogyne paucifolia
M.P.Nayar; J. Jap. Bot. 48(8): 241 (1973)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Poikilogyne pentamera
(Burkill) Baker f.; Fl. Arfak Mts. [Gibbs] 157 (1917)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Synonyms: hidden
= Dissochaeta pentamera Burkill; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 5 (1906)
species :
Poikilogyne robusta
(Mansf.) Mansf.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 111 (1925)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Synonyms: hidden
= Allomorphia robusta Mansf.; Nova Guinea 14: 201 (1924). 14: 201 (1924)
species :
Poikilogyne roemeri
(Mansf.) Mansf.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 110 (1926)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Synonyms: hidden
= Allomorphia roemeri Mansf.; Nova Guinea 14: 201 (1924) 14: 201 (1924)
species :
Poikilogyne rugosa
M.P.Nayar; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 10: 99 (1968)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Poikilogyne setosa
C.T.White & Francis; Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 38: 251 (1926 publ. 1927)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Poikilogyne velutina
J.F.Maxwell; Gard. Bull. Singapore 35(2): 224 (1982 publ. 1983)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Poikilogyne villosa
J.F.Maxwell; Gard. Bull. Singapore 35(2): 224 (1982 publ. 1983)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
