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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)
228.4401 Genus Pseudodissochaeta M.P.Nayar; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 65: 557 (1969)
Distribution: India, Indochina, S-China. Phylogenetic position unconfirmed
Species listed in database: 6
species :
Pseudodissochaeta assamica (C.B.Clarke) M.P.Nayar; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 65: 559 (1969)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan); Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland); Myanmar (Kachin, Sagaing); N-Thailand; Laos; Vietnam
36 CHI 40 BHU IND 41 LAO MYA THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Anplectrum assamicum C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2(6): 546 (1879), et J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 23 (1889)
= Backeria assamica (C.B.Clarke) Raizada; Indian Forester 94: 435 (1968)
= Diplectria assamica (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 246 (1891)
= Medinilla assamica (C.B.Clarke) C.Chen; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 21(4): 419 (1983)
species :
Pseudodissochaeta lanceata M.P.Nayar; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 65: 563, f. 3 (1969)
Distribution: China (Hainan, Yunnan); Vietnam
36 CHI 41 VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Medinilla radiciflora C.Y.Wu ex C.Chen; Fl. Yunnan. 2: 133, t. 32, f. 1-5 (1979)
= Medinilla lanceata (M.P.Nayar) C.Chen; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 21(4): 421 (1983)
species :
Pseudodissochaeta raphioides C.Hansen; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Sér. 4, 11(3): 280 (1989 publ. 1990)
Distribution: Laos; Vietnam
41 LAO VIE
species :
Pseudodissochaeta septentrionalis (W.W.Sm.) M.P.Nayar; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 65: 565 (1969)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan); Myanmar (Kachin, Shan); N- & E-Thailand; Laos; Vietnam
36 CHI 41 LAO MYA THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Anplectrum yunnanensis Kraenzl.; Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 76: 153 (1931)
= Medinilla caerulescens Guillaumin; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 2: 921 (1921)
= Medinilla caerulescens var. nuda Craib; Fl. Siam 1: 699 (1931)
= Medinilla septentrionalis (W.W.Sm.) H.L.Li; J. Arnold Arbor. 25: 38 (1944)
= Oritrephes septentrionalis W.W.Sm.; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 7: 69 (1911)
species :
Pseudodissochaeta spirei (Guill.) Veldkamp & J.F.Maxwell; Gard. Bull. Singapore 33(2): 324 (1980)
Distribution: S-China; Vietnam
36 CHI 41 VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Medinilla spirei Guillaumin; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 2: 921 (1921)
species :
Pseudodissochaeta subsessilis (Craib) M.P.Nayar; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 65: 561 (1969)
Distribution: N-Thailand
41 THA
Synonyms: hidden
= Allomorphia subsessilis Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913(2): 69 (1913)
= Anerincleistus sessilifolius Guillaumin; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 68: 4 (1921), et Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 2: 905 (1921)
= Medinilla subsessilis (Craib) M.P.Nayar ex P.H.Hô; Câyco Vietnam (Illustr. Fl. Vietnam) 2: 114 (1992), nom. illeg.
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