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)
228.4150
Genus
Driessenia Korth.; Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Bezitt., Bot. 251, t. 53 (1844)
Distribution: C-Malesia. The type (D. axantha) belongs in a separate genus close to Scorpiothyrsus/Vietsenia.
Species listed in database: 19
= Triuranthera Backer; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 2: 319 (1920)
species :
Driessenia aequiappendiculata
C.Hansen; Nordic J. Bot. 5(4): 350 (1985)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
species :
Driessenia attenuata
C.Hansen; Nordic J. Bot. 5(4): 342 (1985)
Distribution: Borneo (Sabah)
42 BOR
species :
Driessenia axantha
Korth.; Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Bezitt., Bot. 251, t. 53 (1844)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Driessenia ciliata
Becc. ex Cogn.; Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind. [Boerlage] 1(2): 531 (1890), et Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 6: 476 (1891)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Driessenia dispar
(Cogn.) C.Hansen; Nordic J. Bot. 5(4): 346 (1985)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
Synonyms: hidden
= Medinilla dispar Cogn.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 108 (1912)
= Triuranthera dispar (Cogn.) M.P.Nayar; J. Jap. Bot. 48(2): 50 (1973)
species :
Driessenia ferox
Bakh.f.; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 91: 242 (1943)
Distribution: Sulawesi
42 SUL
species :
Driessenia glanduligera
Stapf; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 23: t. 2291 (1894)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Driessenia grandithyrsa
C.Hansen; Nordic J. Bot. 5(4): 347 (1985)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
species :
Driessenia hepaticoides
C.Hansen; Nordic J. Bot. 2(6): 558 (1983)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
Synonyms: hidden
= Anerincleistus microphyllus J.F.Maxwell; Gard. Bull. Singapore 35(2): 215 (1982 publ. 1983)
species :
Driessenia inaequalifolia
M.P.Nayar; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 10: 190 (1969)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Driessenia kemoelensis
M.P.Nayar; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 10: 192 (1969)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Driessenia microthrix
Stapf; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 23: t. 2292 (1894)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
variant :
var. pteroclada
C.Hansen; Nordic J. Bot. 5(4): 340 (1985)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
species :
Driessenia minutiflora
O.Schwartz; Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 7: 238 (1931)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Driessenia ohwiana
M.P.Nayar; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 10: 194 (1969)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Driessenia phasmolacuna
C.W.Lin; Taiwania 64(1): 69 (2019)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
species :
Driessenia planopetiolata
C.Hansen; Nordic J. Bot. 5(4): 341 (1985)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
species :
Driessenia sessiliflora
C.Hansen; Nordic J. Bot. 5(4): 340 (1985)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
species :
Driessenia teysmannii
Cogn. ex Boerl.; Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind. [Boerlage] 1(2): 531 (1890), et Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 475 (1891)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Driessenia winkleri
Cogn.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 107 (1912)
Distribution: Borneo; Jawa
42 BOR JAW
Synonyms: hidden
= Triuranthera winkleri (Cogn.) Backer ex Bakh.f.; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 91: 271 (1943)
= Triuranthera bakhuizenii Backer; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 2(3): 320 (1920)
