227.0000
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: 6080; 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)
227.3403
Genus
Graffenrieda DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 105 (1828)
Distribution: Tropical S-America, West Indies
Species listed in database: 67
= Cycnopodium Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 4: 52 (1845)
= Calyptrella Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 115 (1852)
= Ptilanthus Gleason; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 72: 472 (1945)
species :
Graffenrieda anomala
Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 71 (1871 publ. 1872)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó, Valle)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Calyptrella littoralis Gleason; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 72(5): 473 (1945)
species :
Graffenrieda barahonensis
Urb.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 161 (1921)
Distribution: Hispaniola (Dominican Republic)
81 HIS
species :
Graffenrieda bella
Almeda; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 43(17): 275 (1984)
Distribution: Panama
80 PAN
species :
Graffenrieda calyptrelloides
Wurdack; Phytologia 9: 412 (1964)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
species :
Graffenrieda cardenasii
Humberto Mend. & Edwin Trujillo; Acta Bot. Mex. 131-e2374: 2 (2024)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Graffenrieda caryophyllea
Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 69 (1871 publ. 1872)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Guainía, Guaviare, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar); Guyana; N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 CLM GUY VEN 84 BRA
species :
Graffenrieda caudata
Wurdack; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10(5): 152 (1964)
Distribution: Guyana
82 GUY
species :
Graffenrieda chrysandra
(Griseb.) Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 70 (1871 publ. 1872)
Distribution: Cuba; Haiti
81 CUB HIS
Synonyms: hidden
= Miconia chrysandra Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 99 (1866)
species :
Graffenrieda cinna
J.F.Macbr.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13: 55: 321 (1941)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Graffenrieda cinnoides
Gleason; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 135 (1953)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 VEN
species :
Graffenrieda colombiana
Gleason; Phytologia 1: 41 (1933)
Distribution: Colombia (Caquetá, Guainía, Huila, Nariño, Putumayo, Santander, Vaupés); Ecuador; Peru
82 CLM 83 ECU PER
species :
Graffenrieda conostegioides
Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 69 (1871 publ. 1872)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Caquetá, Cundinamarca, Norte de Santander, Santander); Venezuela (Trujillo); Bolivia (La Paz)
82 CLM VEN 83 BOL
species :
Graffenrieda cucullata
(D.Don) L.O.Williams; Fieldiana, Bot. 29: 563 (1963)
Distribution: Panama; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Caquetá, Chocó, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz)
80 PAN 82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Calyptrella cucullata (D.Don) Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 72 (1871 publ. 1872)
= Conostegia cucullata D.Don; Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 4: 317 (1823)
species :
Graffenrieda emarginata
(Ruiz & Pav.) Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 71 (1871 publ. 1872)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Caquetá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Santander, Valle); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (La Paz); N-Brazil
82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Miconia emarginata Ruiz & Pav.; Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil. 1: 106 (1798)
species :
Graffenrieda fantastica
R.E.Schult. & L.B.Sm.; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 13: 306 (1949)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá, Guaviare, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar)
82 CLM VEN
species :
Graffenrieda foliosa
Cogn.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 137 (1908)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Graffenrieda fruticosa
Wurdack; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: No. 1. 109 (1958)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 VEN
species :
Graffenrieda galeottii
(Naudin) L.O.Williams; Fieldiana, Bot. 29: 563 (1963)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca); Guatemala; Belize; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Meta, Risaralda, Tolima, Valle); Ecuador
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA NIC PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Calyptrella galeotti Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 115 (1852)
= Calyptrella cycliophylla Donn.Sm.; Bot. Gaz. 55(6): 434 (1913)
species :
Graffenrieda gentlei
Lundell; Wrightia 4: 43 (1968)
Distribution: Belize; Nicaragua
80 BLZ NIC
species :
Graffenrieda glandulosa
R.Goldenb. & Meirelles; Syst. Bot. 36(1): 119 (2011)
Distribution: Brazil (Acre)
84 BRA
species :
Graffenrieda goldenbergii
L.F.Lima, Baumgratz, NicLugh. & J.U.Santos; Phytotaxa 267(1): 80 (2016)
Distribution: Peru; Brazil (Acre)
83 PER 84 BRA
species :
Graffenrieda gracilis
(Triana) L.O.Williams; Fieldiana, Bot. 29: 564 (1963)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Caquetá, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta, Norte de Santander, Putumayo); Venezuela (Apure, Merida, Tachira); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (La Paz)
80 COS PAN 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Calyptrella gracilis Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 72 (1871 publ. 1872)
= Calyptrella gracilis var. ovata Huber; Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 4: 595 (1906)
= Graffenrieda parviflora Cogn.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 1 (1910)
= Miconia consimilis Pilg.; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 47: 170 (1905)
species :
Graffenrieda grandifolia
Gleason; Phytologia 3: 352 (1950)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cundinamarca)
82 CLM
species :
Graffenrieda harlingii
Wurdack; Phytologia 35(1): 7 (1976)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
species :
Graffenrieda hitchcockii
Gleason; Brittonia 7: 83 (1950)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar)
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Graffenrieda hitchcockii var. parvifolia Wurdack; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 108 (1958)
species :
Graffenrieda intermedia
Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 71 (1871 publ. 1872)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá, Caquetá, Cundinamarca, Putumayo); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Tachira); Guyana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Amazonas); NE-Brazil (Bahia)
82 CLM GUY VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Graffenrieda stenopetala Ule; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 353 (1915)
species :
Graffenrieda irwinii
Wurdack; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10(5): 149 (1964)
Distribution: Guyana
82 GUY
species :
Graffenrieda jauana
Wurdack; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 874 (1972)
Distribution: Venezuela (Bolívar)
82 VEN
species :
Graffenrieda jefensis
Almeda, Alvear & Humberto Mend.; Phytotaxa 163(1): 40 (2014)
Distribution: Panama
80 PAN
species :
Graffenrieda kralii
Wurdack; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 51: 102 (1989)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Tachira)
82 VEN
species :
Graffenrieda laevicarpa
Michelang. & R.Goldenb.; Brittonia 66(2): 170 (2013)
Distribution: Venezuela; Brazil (Amazonas)
82 VEN 84 BRA
species :
Graffenrieda lanceolata
Gleason; Fieldiana, Bot. 28(2): 432 (1952)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 VEN
species :
Graffenrieda latifolia
(Naudin) Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 71 (1871 publ. 1872)
subspecies :
subsp. latifolia
Name: Bois bande, Cotelette grand-feuille, Crecre grand-feuille (Lesser Antilles)
Distribution: Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Vincent; Grenada; Trinidad; Venezuela (Aragua, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Merida, Miranda, Sucre, Tachira, Yaracuy)
81 DOM GDL GRE MAR STV TRT 82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Miconia catalpifolia Kraenzl.; Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 76: 153 (1931)
= Melastoma floribundum Sieber ex Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 71 (1871 publ. 1872)
= Cycnopodium latifolium Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 4: 52 (1845)
subspecies :
subsp. meridensis
Wurdack; Phytologia 14: 267 (1967)
Distribution: Venezuela (Merida, Tachira)
82 VEN
species :
Graffenrieda laurina
Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 70 (1871 publ. 1872)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Amazonas)
84 BRA
species :
Graffenrieda limbata
Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 70 (1871 publ. 1872)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá, Vaupés); Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Pando); N-Brazil (Amazonas, Acre); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso)
82 CLM 83 BOL PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Graffenrieda boliviensis Cogn. ex Rusby; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 3(3): 28 (1893)
species :
Graffenrieda maklenkensis
Humberto Mend., Alvear & Almeda; Phytotaxa 163(1): 42 (2014)
Distribution: Colombia (Santander)
82 CLM
species :
Graffenrieda maturaca
L.F.Lima, Baumgratz, NicLugh. & J.U.Santos; Phytotaxa 267(1): 78 (2016)
Distribution: Brazil (Amazonas)
84 BRA
species :
Graffenrieda meridensis
Wurdack; Acta Bot. Venez. 13(1-4): 138 (1978)
Distribution: Venezuela (Merida)
82 VEN
species :
Graffenrieda miconioides
Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 118 (1852)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar); Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Amazonas, Acre)
82 CLM VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Graffenrieda floribunda Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 71 (1871 publ. 1872)
species :
Graffenrieda micrantha
(Gleason) L.O.Williams; Fieldiana, Bot. 29: 564 (1963)
Distribution: Panama; Colombia (Antioquia)
80 PAN 82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Calyptrella micrantha Gleason; Phytologia 3: 346 (1950)
species :
Graffenrieda moaensis
Wurdack; Phytologia 24(3): 197 (1972)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Acre)
84 BRA
species :
Graffenrieda moritziana
Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 70 (1871 publ. 1872)
Distribution: Venezuela (Aragua, Carabobo, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Miranda, Yaracuy)
82 VEN
species :
Graffenrieda obliqua
Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 71 (1871 publ. 1872)
Distribution: Venezuela (Bolívar); Guyana
82 GUY VEN
species :
Graffenrieda ottoschulzii
(Urb. & Ekman) Urb. & Ekman; Ark. Bot. 23A(11): 15 (1931), cum descr. ampl.
Name: Petites graines (Haiti)
Distribution: Dominican Republic; Haiti; +Puerto Rico
81 HIS PUE
Synonyms: hidden
= Miconia ottoschulzii Urb. & Ekman; Ark. Bot. 22A(17): 39 (1929)
species :
Graffenrieda patens
Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 70 (1871 publ. 1872)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá, Guaviare, Vaupés, Vichada); Venezuela (Amazonas); N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 CLM VEN 84 BRA
species :
Graffenrieda pedunculata
Gleason; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 135 (1953)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 VEN
species :
Graffenrieda penneysii
Michelang. & C.Ulloa; Phytotaxa 77: 44 (2013)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Graffenrieda phoenicea
Markgr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 377 (1941)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Graffenrieda polymera
Gleason; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 58: 420 (1931)
subspecies :
subsp. polymera
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar)
82 CLM VEN
subspecies :
subsp. neblinensis
Wurdack; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10(5): 151 (1964)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas); N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 VEN 84 BRA
species :
Graffenrieda reticulata
Wurdack; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: No. 1. 110 (1958)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar)
82 VEN
species :
Graffenrieda robusta
(Cogn.) L.O.Williams; Fieldiana, Bot. 29: 564 (1963)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Calyptrella robusta Cogn.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 138 (1908)
species :
Graffenrieda rotundifolia
(Humb. & Bonpl.) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 106 (1828)
Distribution: Colombia (Guainía, Vichada); Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Bolívar, Monagas)
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhexia rotundifolia Humb. & Bonpl.; Monogr. Melast. 2(Rhex.): 66, t. 25 (1812)
species :
Graffenrieda rufa
Wurdack; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: No. 1. 109 (1958)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 VEN
species :
Graffenrieda rufescens
Britton & P.Wilson; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 45 (1923)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Graffenrieda rupestris
Ducke; Arq. Inst. Biol. Veg. 2: 66 (1935)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá, Guainía, Guaviare, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Guarico); N-Brazil (Amazonas, Acre)
82 CLM VEN 84 BRA
species :
Graffenrieda santamartensis
Wurdack; Brittonia 28(1): 138 (1976)
Distribution: Honduras; Colombia (Antioquia, Magdalena, Meta, Norte de Santander, Santander)
80 HON 82 CLM
species :
Graffenrieda scandens
(Gleason) Wurdack; Phytologia 29(2): 143 (1974)
Distribution: Colombia (Valle); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Ptilanthus scandens Gleason; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 72: 472 (1945)
species :
Graffenrieda sessilifolia
Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 70 (1871 publ. 1872)
subspecies :
subsp. sessilifolia
Distribution: Venezuela (Bolívar); Guyana; N-Brazil (Roraima)
82 GUY VEN 84 BRA
subspecies :
subsp. cardonae
Wurdack; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10(5): 151 (1964)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar); ?Guyana
82 VEN
subspecies :
subsp. occidentalis
Wurdack; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10(5): 110 (1958)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar); ?Guyana
82 VEN
species :
Graffenrieda sipapoana
Wurdack; Phytologia 14: 266 (1966)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 VEN
species :
Graffenrieda steyermarkii
Wurdack; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10(5): 152 (1964)
Distribution: Venezuela (Bolívar)
82 VEN
species :
Graffenrieda tamana
Wurdack; Phytologia 18: 148 (1969)
Distribution: Colombia (Norte de Santander); Venezuela (Tachira)
82 CLM VEN
species :
Graffenrieda tricalcarata
Gleason; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 58: 421 (1931)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 VEN
species :
Graffenrieda trichanthera
Gleason; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 63: 533 (1936)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Graffenrieda tristis
(Triana) L.O.Williams; Fieldiana, Bot. 29: 564 (1963)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Calyptrella tristis Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 72 (1871 publ. 1872)
species :
Graffenrieda uribei
Wurdack; Phytologia 21(2): 118 (1971)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá, Huila, Santander)
82 CLM
species :
Graffenrieda versicolor
Gleason; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 136 (1953)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar)
82 VEN
species :
Graffenrieda weddellii
Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 117 (1852)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Guaviare, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Miranda); Guyana; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Rondônia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul)
82 CLM GUY VEN 83 BOL PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Graffenrieda ovalifolia Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 117, t. 5, f. 4 (1852)
