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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)
228.4110 Genus Cincinnobotrys Gilg; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], Nachtr. 1: 265 (1897)
Distribution: Tropical Africa, 1 sp. Malaysia
Species listed in database: 9
= Gravesiella A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 34: 69 (1960)
= Haplophyllophorus (Brenan) A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot. 46: 70 (1972)
= Primularia Brenan; Kew Bull. [8]: 88 (1953)
species :
Cincinnobotrys acaulis (Cogn.) Gilg; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 757 (1921)
Distribution: Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; NE-Angola; W-Zambia
23 CON GAB ZAI 26 ANG ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Amphiblemma acaule Cogn.; Bol. Soc. Brot. 11: 89 (1893)
= Amphiblemma seretii (De Wild.) Brenan; Kew Bull. [8]: 88 (1953)
= Cincinnobotrys acaulis var. seretii (De Wild.) Maluma & Geerinck; Taxonomania 13: 20 (2004)
= Cincinnobotrys seretii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 2: 330 (1908)
= Haplophyllophora acaulis (Cogn.) A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 46: 70 (1972)
= Haplophyllophora acaulis var. brevipes (Brenan) A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 46: 70 (1972)
= Haplophyllophora seretii (De Wild.) A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 46: 71 (1972)
species :
Cincinnobotrys burttianus Pócs; Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 35(1-2): 35 (1991)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Cincinnobotrys letouzeyi Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 15(4): 494 (1976)
Distribution: W-Cameroon
23 CMN
Remarks: only known from the type collected in 1975
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
species :
Cincinnobotrys malayana Kosterm.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 17(1): 90 (1977)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia
42 MLY
species :
Cincinnobotrys oreophila Gilg; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], Nachtr. 1: 265 (1897)
Distribution: E-D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; ?Burundi; Uganda; E-Tanzania
23 RWA ZAI 25 TAN UGA
species :
Cincinnobotrys pauwelsianus Maluma & Geerinck; Taxonomania 14: 2 (2004)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Cincinnobotrys pulchella (Brenan) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 16(3): 364 (1976)
Distribution: SE-Tanzania
25 TAN
Remarks: only known from the type collected in 1951
Synonyms: hidden
= Primularia pulchella Brenan; Kew Bull. [8]: 88 (1953)
species :
Cincinnobotrys ranarum Pócs; Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 35(1-2): 35 (1991)
Distribution: NE-Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Cincinnobotrys speciosa (A.Fern. & R.Fern.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 16(3): 372 (1976)
Distribution: E-D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; W-Tanzania
23 BUR RWA ZAI 25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Gravesiella speciosa var. grandifolia A.Fern. & R.Fern.
= Gravesiella speciosa A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 34: 69 (1960), et Bol. Soc. Brot. 46: 71 (1972)
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