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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)
227.4838 Genus Nerophila Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 14: 119 (1850)
Distribution: Tropical Africa
Species listed in database: 8
= Rhodosepala Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 475 (1887)
species :
Nerophila clandestina (Jacq.-Fél.) Ver.-Lib. & R.D.Stone; Taxon 69(5): 980 (2020)
Distribution: N-Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Antherotoma clandestina Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 11(3): 545 (1971)
species :
Nerophila congolensis (Cogn.) Ver.-Lib. & R.D.Stone; Taxon 69(5): 981 (2020)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; SW-Mali; E-Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; ?Burundi; Uganda; W-Tanzania; Angola; Zambia
22 GUI IVO MLI SIE 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB RWA ZAI 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Dissotis congolensis (Cogn. ex Büttner) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 20(4): 424 (1981)
= Osbeckia albiflora Cogn. ex De Wild. & T.Durand; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 2, 1(1): 21 (1889)
= Osbeckia congolensis Cogn. ex Büttner; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 31: 95 (1889), et Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 314 (1891)
= Osbeckia congolensis var. robustior Cogn.; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 31: 95 (1889)
= Osbeckia pusilla De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 1: 377 (1922), non Zoll. & Moritzi
species :
Nerophila decandra (DC.) Ver.-Lib. & R.D.Stone; Taxon 69(5): 981 (2020)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone
22 GUI SIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Antherotoma afzelii Hook.f.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 444 (1871)
= Antherotoma decandra (DC.) A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 28: 70 (1954)
= Asterostoma decandra (DC.) Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 50 (1849)
= Dissotis decandra (DC.) Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 58 (1871 publ. 1872)
= Osbeckia afzelii (Hook.f.) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 300 (1891)
= Osbeckia zeylanica var. decandra Sm. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 143 (1828), pro syn.
species :
Nerophila gentianoides Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 14: 120 (1850)
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; SW-Burkina Faso
22 BKN GNB GUI SEN SIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Chaetolepis gentianoides (Naudin) Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Sér. 4, 16(2-4): 272 (1994 publ. 1995)
species :
Nerophila pauciflora (Baker) Ver.-Lib. & R.D.Stone; Taxon 69(5): 981 (2020)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Dissotis hildebrandtii Kraenzl.; Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 76: 151 (1931)
= Dissotis pauciflora (Baker) Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Sér. 4, 16(2-4): 271 (1994 publ. 1995)
= Rhodosepala erecta Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 339 (1891)
= Rhodosepala pauciflora Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 471 (1887), Cogn. in Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 338 (1891)
= Rhodosepala procumbens Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 339 (1891)
species :
Nerophila praviantha (Jacq.-Fél.) Ver.-Lib. & R.D.Stone; Taxon 69(5): 981 (2020)
Distribution: Guinea; Liberia
22 GUI LBR
Synonyms: hidden
= Osbeckia praviantha Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 15: 973 (1953)
species :
Nerophila senegambiensis (Guill. & Perr.) Ver.-Lib. & R.D.Stone; Taxon 69(5): 981 (2020)
Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; ?SW-Mali; S-Burkina Faso; Togo; Niger; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; E-Zimbabwe; Mozambique
22 GAM GNB GUI NGR SEN TOG 23 CON ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Antherotoma senegambiensis (Guill. & Perr.) Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Sér. 4, 16(2-4): 270 (1994 publ. 1995)
= Dissotis alpestris Taub.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C 295 (1895)
= Dissotis cincinnata Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 20 (1898)
= Dissotis irvingiana f. abyssinica (Gilg) A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Garcia de Orta 2: 179 (1954)
= Dissotis irvingiana f. osbeckioides A.Fern. & R.Fern.
= Dissotis irvingiana var. alpestris (Taub.) A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Garcia de Orta 2: 179 (1954)
= Dissotis kaessneriana Kraenzl.; Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 76(3-4): 151 (1931)
= Dissotis senegambiensis (Guill. & Perr.) Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 58 (non sensu Jacq.-Fél. 1977) (1871 publ. 1872)
= Dissotis senegambiensis var. alpestris (Taub.) A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot. 46: 69 (1972)
= Osbeckia abyssinica Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 8 (1898)
= Osbeckia calotricha Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 8 (1898)
= Osbeckia cogniauxiana De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 1: 374 (1922)
= Osbeckia crepiniana Cogn.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 1, 1(1): 23, t. 12, fig. 10 & 11 (1898)
= Osbeckia saxicola Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 7 (1898)
= Osbeckia senegambiensis Guill. & H.Perrier; Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 310 (1833)
species :
Nerophila togoensis (Leuenb.) Ver.-Lib. & R.D.Stone; Taxon 69(5): 982 (2020)
Distribution: Togo
22 TOG
Synonyms: hidden
= Osbeckia togoensis Leuenb.; Willdenowia 10(1): 23 (1980)
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