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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)
227.4901 Genus Ochthocharis Blume; Flora 14: 523 (1831)
Distribution: Tropical Africa (2), tropical Asia. Phaeoneuron might be a separate genus.
Species listed in database: 8
= Phaeoneuron Gilg; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], Nachtr. 1: 267 (1897)
species :
Ochthocharis bornensis Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 40 (1850)
Distribution: Nicobar Isl. (Great Nicobar Isl.); Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Johor); +Singapore; Borneo; Moluccas (Buru); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
41 CBD NCB VIE 42 BOR MLY MOL NWG SNG
Synonyms: hidden
= Ochthocharis buruensis Teijsm. & Binn.; Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 25: 426 (1863)
species :
Ochthocharis bullata Markgr.; Brittonia 2: 141 (1936)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Remarks: may eventually need to be transferred to Poikilogyne.
species :
Ochthocharis decumbens King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 69(2): 15 (1900)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Selangor, Johor)
42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Ochthocharis sylvestris Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 61: 4 (1912)
species :
Ochthocharis dicellandroides (Gilg) C.Hansen & Wickens; Kew Bull. 36(1): 23 (1981)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; S-Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; NE-Angola; W-Zambia
22 GUI LBR NGA SIE 23 CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 26 ANG ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Dicellandra gracilis (Hutch. & Dalziel) A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 276 (1920), nomen
= Dinophora thonneri Cogn.; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 37: 114 (1898)
= Dinophora thonneri Cogn. ex T.Durand & De Wild.; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 37: 114 (1898)
= Medinilla africana Cogn. ex De Wild. & T.Durand; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 2, 1: 24 (1899)
= Phaeoneuron dicellandroides Gilg; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], Nachtr. 1: 267 (1897)
= Phaeoneuron gracile (A.Chev.) Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 1: 206 (1927)
= Phaeoneuron moloneyi Stapf; Bot. Mag. 126
= Phaeoneuron schweinfurthii Stapf; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 34: 494 (1900)
species :
Ochthocharis javanica Blume; Flora 14: 523 (1831)
Distribution: Andaman Isl.; Myanmar (Taninthayi); peninsular Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (Melaka, Johor); +Singapore; Sumatra (incl. Bangka Isl., Biliton Isl.); Borneo; Philippines (Mindoro); Java
41 AND MYA THA 42 BOR JAW MLY PHI SNG SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Ochthocharis attenuata Bakh.f.; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 91: 286 (1943)
variant :
var. longipetiolata Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 2: 425 (1907)
Distribution: Philippines (Mindoro)
42 PHI
species :
Ochthocharis ovata Cogn.; Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind. [Boerlage] 1(2): (1890) 531. nomen, et Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 481 (1891)
Distribution: Borneo; Brunei
42 BOR BRN
species :
Ochthocharis paniculata Korth.; Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Bezitt., Bot. 247, t. 64 (1844)
Distribution: +Singapore; Borneo; Brunei
42 BOR BRN SNG
Synonyms: hidden
= Astronia membranacea Merr.; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 15: 227 (1929)
= Astronidium membranaceum (Merr.) Markgr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 49 (1934)
= Ochthocharis megalophylla Mansf.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 111 (1925)
species :
Ochthocharis setosa (Hook.f.) C.Hansen & Wickens; Kew Bull. 36(1): 27 (1981)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Liberia
22 LBR SIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Dicellandra liberica Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 33 (1898)
= Dicellandra setosa Hook.f.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 459 (1871)
= Phaeoneuron libericum Gilg ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(1): 762 (1921)
= Phaeoneuron setosum (Hook.f.) Stapf; Bot. Mag. 126
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