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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)
228.4808 Genus Centradenia G.Don; Gen. Hist. 2: 755 (1832)
Distribution: Mexico, C-America
Species listed in database: 4
= Donkelaaria Lem.; Ill. Hort. 2(Misc.): 72, 75 (1855)
= Plagiophyllum Schltdl.; Linnaea 13: 428 (1839)
species :
Centradenia floribunda Planch.; Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: t. 453 (1849)
subspecies :
subsp. floribunda
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz); Guatemala
79 MEX 80 GUA
Synonyms: hidden
= Centradenia floribunda var. grandifolia Cogn.; Enum. Pl. Guatem. 3: 26 (1893)
subspecies :
subsp. bernoullii (Cario ex Cogn.) Almeda; J. Arnold Arbor. 58(2): 100 (1977)
Distribution: El Salvador; Honduras
80 ELS HON
Synonyms: hidden
= Centradenia bernoullii Cario & C.DC. ex Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 118 (1891)
= Centradenia floribunda var. bernoullii (Cario & C.DC. ex Cogn.) L.O.Williams; Fieldiana, Bot. 29: 552 (1963)
= Centradenia perquinensis S.Winkl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 83(4): 343 (1965)
species :
Centradenia grandifolia (Schltdl.) Endl. ex Walp.; Repert. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 2: 119 (1843)
subspecies :
subsp. grandifolia
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz); Guatemala; Costa Rica
79 MEX 80 COS GUA
Synonyms: hidden
= Centradenia chiapensis Brandegee; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6(19): 501 (1919)
= Centradenia salicifolia Brandegee; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 4(19): 379 (1913)
= Plagiophyllum grandifolium Schltdl.; Linnaea 13: 429 (1839)
= Rhexia grandifolia Schltdl.; Linnaea 13: 429 (1839)
subspecies :
subsp. brevisepala (Gleason) Almeda; J. Arnold Arbor. 58(2): 106 (1977)
Distribution: Guatemala
80 GUA
Synonyms: hidden
= Centradenia grandifolia var. brevisepala Gleason; Phytologia 1(10): 340 (1939)
species :
Centradenia inaequilateralis (Cham. & Schltdl.) G.Don; Gen. Hist. 2: 765 (1832)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama
79 MEX 80 COS GUA HON NIC PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Centradenia divaricata Klotzsch; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 19(45): 354 (1851)
= Centradenia inaequilateralis var. major Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 117 (1891)
= Centradenia oerstediana Klotzsch; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 19(45): 354 (1851)
= Centradenia rosea Lindl.; Bot. Reg. (1843) t. 20
= Donkelaaria diversifolia Lem.; Ill. Hort. 2(Misc.): 73 (1855)
= Rhexia inaequilateralis Schltdl. & Cham.; Linnaea 5: 567 (1830)
= Rhexia parvifolia Schltdl.; Linnaea 13: 428 (1839)
species :
Centradenia paradoxa (Kraenzl.) Almeda; J. Arnold Arbor. 58(2): 93 (1977)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Chocó)
80 COS PAN 82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Centradenia maxoniana Gleason; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 65: 571 (1938)
= Tibouchina paradoxa Kraenzl.; Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 76: 147 (1931)
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