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Ver. 25.02
Feb. 8th, 2025

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)
Species listed in database: 6041; 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)
227.4723 Genus Tristemma Juss.; Gen. 329 (1789)
Distribution: Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Mascarene Isl.
Species listed in database: 15
= Tetraphyllaster Gilg; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], Nachtr. 1: 266 (1897)
species :
Tristemma akeassii Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 3, no. 418, Bot. 28: 168 (1976 publ. 1977)
Distribution: ?Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Togo; Nigeria
22 GHA IVO LBR NGA SIE
species :
Tristemma albiflorum (G.Don) Benth.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] [W.J.Hooker] 353 (1849)
Distribution: Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin
22 BEN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR SIE TOG
Synonyms: hidden
= Melastoma albiflorum G.Don; Gen. Hist. 2: 764 (1832)
= Tristemma schumacheri Guill. & Perr.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 311
= Tristemma schumacheri var. albiflorum (G.Don) Hook.f.
species :
Tristemma camerunense Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 3, no. 418, Bot. 28: 171 (1976 publ. 1977)
Distribution: W-Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
species :
Tristemma coronatum Benth.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] [W.J.Hooker] 354 (1849)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Benin; Principe Isl.; Angola
22 BEN GUI IVO LBR SIE 23 PRI 26 ANG
species :
Tristemma demeusei De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 1: 299 (1906)
Distribution: Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; ?Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; ?Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 BIO CMN GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Tristemma leucanthum Gilg ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 754 (1921), in obs., et Wiss. Ergebn. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1910-11), Bot. 2: 61, nomen (1922)
= Tristemma monanthum Gilg; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 754 (1921), sphalm.
= Tristemma montanum Gilg & Ledermann; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 754 (1921)
= Tristemma radicans Gilg; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 754 (1921), et Wiss. Ergebn. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1910-1911), Bot. 2: 189 (1922)
species :
Tristemma hirtum P.Beauv.; Fl. Oware 1: 94 (1807)
Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Angola
22 BEN GHA IVO LBR NGA 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB PRI SAO 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Melastoma sessile Schumach.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. 219 (1827)
= Osbeckia hirta (P.Beauv.) Roberty; Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire, A, 16: 789 (1954)
= Tristemma dusenii Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 27 (1898)
species :
Tristemma involucratum Benth.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] [W.J.Hooker] 354 (1849)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Central African Republic
22 GUI IVO LBR SIE 23 CAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Melastoma involucratum D.Don; Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 4: 290 (1823)
species :
Tristemma leiocalyx Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1179 (1891)
Distribution: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; ?Burundi; South Sudan; Uganda
23 CAF CMN CON EQG GAB RWA ZAI 24 SSU 25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Tetraphyllaster rosaceum Gilg; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], Nachtr. 1: 266 (1897)
= Tristemma roseum Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 24 (1898)
= Tristemma vincoides Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 24 (1898)
variant :
var. pierlotii Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 3, no. 418, Bot. 28: 192 (1976 publ. 1977)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Tristemma littorale Benth.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] [W.J.Hooker] 353 (1849)
subspecies :
subsp. littorale
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; Annobon Isl.; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
22 BEN IVO NGA 23 ANN BIO CMN CON EQG GAB PRI ZAI
subspecies :
subsp. biafranum Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 3, no. 418, Bot. 28: 185 (1976 publ. 1977)
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; Annobon Isl.; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
22 IVO NGA 23 ANN BIO CMN CON GAB PRI ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Tristemma papillosum Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 25 (1898)
variant :
var. insulare Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 3, no. 418, Bot. 28: 188 (1976 publ. 1977)
Distribution: São Tomé
23 SAO
species :
Tristemma mauritianum J.F.Gmel.; Syst. Nat., ed. 13bis: 693 (1791)
Distribution: Guinea; Burkina Faso; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Chad; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; N-Angola; Zambia; E-Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Madagascar; Comores; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Australia [I] (Queensland [I])
22 BKN GUI NGA 23 CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM 29 COM mau MDG reu 50 aus
Synonyms: hidden
= Melastoma sessile Schumach. & Thonn.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. 219 (1827)
= Melastoma virusanum Comm. ex Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 329 (1789), nom. inval.
= Osbeckia virusana (A.Juss.) Baill.; Hist. Pl. [Baillon] 7: 34 (1877)
= Tristemma acuminatum A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Sér. 2, 30: 184 (1956)
= Tristemma angolense Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 27 (1898)
= Tristemma fruticulosum Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 26 (1898)
= Tristemma grandifolium (Cogn.) Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 26
= Tristemma incompletum R.Br.; Narr. Exped. Zaire 435 (1818)
= Tristemma intermedium Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1: 853 (1821)
= Tristemma kaessnerianum Kraenzl.; Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 76: 148 (1931)
= Tristemma quadriannulatum De Wild.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 80 (1915)
= Tristemma virusanum Juss.; Gen. 329, Vent. Choix., t. 35 (1789)
variant :
var. mildbraedii (Gilg) Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 3, no. 418, Bot. 28: 153 (1976 publ. 1977)
Distribution: Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé
23 BIO CMN SAO
Synonyms: hidden
= Tristemma mildbraedii Gilg; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 755 (1921)
variant :
var. rozeiranum Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 3, no. 418, Bot. 28: 161 (1976 publ. 1977)
Distribution: São Tomé
23 SAO
variant :
var. silvaticum (H.Perrier) Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 3, no. 418, Bot. 28: 153 (1976 publ. 1977)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Tristemma virusanum var. silvaticum H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 8 (1932)
variant :
var. thomense (J.H.B.Ferreira) Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 3, no. 418, Bot. 28: 153 (1976 publ. 1977)
Distribution: São Tomé
23 SAO
Synonyms: hidden
= Tristemma thomense Ferreira; Garcia de Orta 16: 66, 76 (1968)
species :
Tristemma oreophilum Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 25 (1898)
Distribution: SE-Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
22 NGA 23 BIO CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Dissotis talbotii Baker f. [Cat.Pl.Oban 36 (1913)]
= Tristemma schellenbergianum Gilg; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 755 (1921)
species :
Tristemma oreothamnos Mildbr. ex Mildbr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 701 (1937), descr.
Distribution: Annobon Isl.
23 ANN
Synonyms: hidden
= Tristemma oreothamnos Mildbr.; Wiss. Ergebn. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1910-11), Bot. 2: 163 (1922), nomen.
species :
Tristemma rubens A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Sér. 2, 29: 47 (1955)
Distribution: Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola
23 CON GAB ZAI 26 ANG
species :
Tristemma schliebenii Markgr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 14: 107 (1938)
Distribution: Zanzibar
25 TAN
species :
Tristemma vestitum Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Sér. 4, 8(2): 191 (1986)
Distribution: Equatorial Guinea; Gabon
23 EQG GAB
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