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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: 6097; 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)
228.4833 Genus Dupineta Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 101 (1838)
Distribution: Tropical Africa
Species listed in database: 5

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Dupineta brazzae (Cogn.) Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit; Taxon 66(3): 607 (2017)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Togo; W-Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; ?Burundi; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia
22 GUI IVO LBR SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN CON GAB RWA ZAI 24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Dissotis brazzae Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 372 (1891)
= Dissotis tanganyikae Kraenzl.; Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 76: 150 (1931)
species :
Dupineta hensii (Cogn.) Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit; Taxon 66(3): 607 (2017)
Distribution: Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; ?Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola; Zambia
23 CMN CON ZAI 26 ANG ZAM
Remarks: a record for Gambia in some databases seems doubtful and out of range
Synonyms: hidden
= Dissotis hensii Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 372 (1891)
species :
Dupineta loandensis (Exell) Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit; Taxon 66(3): 607 (2017)
Distribution: NW-Angola
26 ANG
Remarks: only known from the type
Synonyms: hidden
= Dissotis loandensis Exell; J. Bot. 67: Suppl. 1, 179 (1929)
species :
Dupineta multiflora Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 101 (1838)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; S-Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola; Zambia
22 GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 BIO CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 26 ANG ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Asterostoma multiflora Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 50 (1850)
= Dissotis multiflora (Sm.) Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 58 (1871 publ. 1872)
= Dissotis tristemmoides Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 370 (1891)
= Melastoma afzelianum D.Don; Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 4: 291 (1823)
= Osbeckia liberica Stapf; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 98 (1905)
= Osbeckia multiflora Sm.; Cycl. [A.Rees] 25: no. 7 (1813)
species :
Dupineta pauwelsii (Jacq.-Fél.) Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit; Taxon 66(3): 607 (2017)
Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 CON ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Dissotis pauwelsii Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 44(1-2): 162 (1974)
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