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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: 6052; hybrids: 1
= 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)
227.1003 Genus Spathandra Guill. & Perr.; Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 313, t. 71 (1832)
Distribution: Tropical Africa
Species listed in database: 1
species :
Spathandra blakeoides (G.Don) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 225 (1978)
Distribution: Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola
22 BEN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 BIO CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Charianthus caeruleus (Guill. & Perr.) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. [Dietrich] 2: 1277 (1840)
= Memecylon blakeoides G.Don; Gen. Hist. 2: 655 (1832)
= Memecylon caeruleum (Guill. & Perr.) Hook.f.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 461 (1871), non Jack (1820)
= Memecylon caeruleum var. beta Hook.f.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 461 (1871)
= Memecylon mannii Hook.f.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 461 (1871)
= Memecylon mildbraedii Gilg; Wiss. Ergebn. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1907-1908), Bot. 2: 587 (1913)
= Memecylon millenii Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 38 (1898)
= Memecylon nitidulum Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1132 (1891)
= Memecylon ogowense A.Chev.; Vég. Utiles Afrique Trop. Franç. 9: 216 (1917)
= Memecylon purpureocoeruleum Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 38 (1898)
= Memecylon spathandrum Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 361 (1851)
= Memecylon strychnoides Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 105 (1895)
= Memecylon tessmannii Gilg ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 764 (1921)
= Spathandra caerulea Guill. & Perr.; Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 313
variant :
var. fleuryi (Jacq.-Fél.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 226 (1978)
Distribution: Ivory Coast
22 IVO
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon fleuryi Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 7: 148 (1935)
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