Chaetogastra laxa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Melastomataceae
Subfamilia: Melastomatoideae
Tribus: Melastomateae
Genus: Chaetogastra
Species: Chaetogastra laxa

Chaetogastra laxa (Desr.) P.J.F.Guim. & Michelang., Taxon 68(5): 963 (2019)

Basionym
- Melastoma laxum Desr. in Lam., Encyc. 4: 41(–42). 1797. (as Melastoma laxa) – non Melastoma laxum Rich. ex DC., Prodr. 3: 116. 1828, nom. inval. pro syn.

Homotypic
- Pleroma laxum (Desr.) DC., Prodr. 3: 151. 1828.
- Tibouchina laxa (Desr.) Cogn., Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique, sér. 3, 14: 933. 1887.
Heterotypic
- Tibouchina cymosa Cogn., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42(1): 134(–135). 1908.
- Tibouchina asperipilis S.F.Blake, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 35: 117(–118). 1922.

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Ecuador, Peru. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Guimarães, P.J.F., Michelangeli, F.A., Sosa, K. & de Santiago Gómez, J.R. 2019. Systematics of Tibouchina and allies (Melastomataceae: Melastomateae): A new taxonomic classification. Taxon 68(5): 937-1002. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12151 Reference page.
Blake, S.F. 1922. New plants from South and Central America collected by Wilson Popenoe. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 35: 117–123. BHL Reference page.
Cogniaux, A. 1887. Notice sur les Mélastomacées austro-américaines de M. Ed. André. Bulletins de l’Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, série 3, 14: 927–973. BHL Reference page.
De Candolle, A.P. 1828. Ordo LXXVI. Melastomaceae. Pp. 99–202 in Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta, Pars 3, Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines XXVI. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page.

Macbride, J.F. 1941. Melastomataceae. In Flora of Peru. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(4/1): 249–521. BHL Reference page.
Wurdack, J.J. 1980. 138. Melastomataceae. In Harling, G. & Sparre, B. (eds.), Flora of Ecuador, No. 13: 1–406. University of Göteborg & Riksmuseum, Stockholm. ISBN 91-546-0281-5. Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Chaetogastra laxa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec. 27. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Chaetogastra laxa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec. 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Chaetogastra laxa. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 21 2020.
Tropicos.org 100495113. 15. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: February 2019 100495113.
Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Chaetogastra laxa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 February 2019.
Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Chaetogastra laxa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 February 2019.

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