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Ver. 19.2
April 17th, 2024

302.0000 Family Melastomataceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 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: 6024; hybrids: 1
= Blakeaceae Rchb. ex Barnhart; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 19 (1895)
= Memecylaceae DC.; Linnaea 2: 505 (1827)
= Miconiaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg.: 64 (1835)
= Mouririaceae Gardner; J. Bot (Hook.) 2: 22 (1840)
= Rhexiaceae Dumort.; Comment. Bot.: 59 (1822)
302.5001 Genus Rhexia Gronov.; Sp. Pl. 1: 346 (1753)
Distribution: E- and SE-USA, 1 to West Indies
Species listed in database: 13
= Alifanus Pluk. ex Adans.; Fam. 2: 234 (1763)
= Hypostate Hoffmannsegg; Preiss-Verzeichn. Pfl., 14 (1833), sine descr. (1833)
species :
Rhexia alifanus Walter; Fl. Carol. 130 (1788)
Name: Savannah meadowbeauty
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas)
77 USA 78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhexia glabella Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hook.) 1: 222 (1803)
= Rhexia glabella var. alifanus (Walter) Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 258 (1814)
species :
Rhexia aristosa Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 14, t. 99 (1890), Cogn. in DC. Monogr. Phan. 7: 1181 (1891)
Name: Awnpetal meadowbeauty
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, South Carolina, Virginia)
75 USA 78 USA
species :
Rhexia cubensis Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. 104 (1866)
Name: Camasey Mariana; West Indian meadow beauty
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina); Cuba; Dominican Republic; Puerto Rico
78 USA 81 CUB HIS PUE
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhexia floridana Nash; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 153 (1895)
= Rhexia mariana var. portoricensis Cogn.; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 4: 276 (1886)
species :
Rhexia interior Pennell; Bull. Torrey Bot. Cl. 45: 480 (1918)
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas)
74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhexia mariana var. interior (Pennell) Kral & Bostick; Sida 3(6): 410 (1969)
= Rhexia latifolia Bush; Rhodora 13: 167 (1911)
species :
Rhexia lutea Walter; Fl. Carol. 130 (1788)
Name: Yellow meadowbeauty
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas)
77 USA 78 USA
species :
Rhexia mariana L.; Sp. Pl. 346 (1753)
Name: Maryland meadowbeauty
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhexia angustifolia Nutt.; Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 244 (1818), nom. superfl.
= Rhexia delicatula Small; Fl. S. E. U. S. (1903)
= Rhexia filiformis Small; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 468 (1898)
= Rhexia lanceolata Walter; Fl. Carol.: 130 (1788)
= Rhexia mariana f. albiflora Moldenke; Castanea 7: 125 (1943)
= Rhexia mariana var. exalbida Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 221 (1803)
= Rhexia mariana var. lanceolata (Walter) T.F.Wood & G.J.P.McCarthy; J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 3: 97 (1866)
= Rhexia mariana var. leiosperma Fernald & Griscom; Rhodora 37: 171 (1935)
= Rhexia mariana var. rubella Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hook.) 1: 221 (1803)
= Rhexia trichotoma var. exalbida (Michx.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. 1: 406 (1805)
species :
Rhexia nashii Small; Fl. S. E. U. S. 824 (1903)
Name: Maid Marian
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhexia mariana var. purpurea Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hook.) 1: 221 (1803)
species :
Rhexia nuttallii C.W.James; Brittonia 8: 214 (1956)
Name: Nuttall´s meadowbeauty
Distribution: USA (Florida, Georgia)
78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhexia serrulata Nutt.; Gen. 1: 243 (1818)
species :
Rhexia parviflora Chapm.; Fl. S. U. S., ed. 3, 156 (1897)
Name: White meadowbeauty
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia)
78 USA
species :
Rhexia petiolata Walter; Fl. Carol. 130 (1788)
Name: Fringed meadowbeauty
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)
77 USA 78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhexia ciliosa Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hook.) 1: 221 (1803)
species :
Rhexia salicifolia Kral & Bostick; Sida 3: 402 (1969)
Name: Panhandle meadowbeauty
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Florida)
78 USA
species :
Rhexia ventricosa Fernald & Griscom; Rhodora 37: 172 (1935)
Distribution: USA (Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, South Carolina, Virginia)
75 USA 78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhexia mariana var. ventricosa (Fernald & Griscom) Kral & Bostick; Sida 3(6): 410 (1969)
species :
Rhexia virginica L.; Sp. Pl. 346 (1753)
Name: Handsome Harry
Distribution: Canada (Nova Scotia, Ontario); USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia)
72 CDN 74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhexia alata F.Dietr.; Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 7: 146 (1821), nom. illeg.
= Rhexia purshii Spreng.; Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 5(Index): 590 (1828)
= Rhexia septemnervia Walter; Fl. Carol. 130 (1788)
= Rhexia stricta Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 258 (1813), nom. illeg.
= Rhexia virginica var. purshii (Spreng.) C.W.James; Brittonia 8: 227 (1956)
= Rhexia virginica var. septemnervia (Walter) Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. (Pursh) 1: 258 (1814)
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Covering 354,696 accepted species,
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