Blakeeae

Blakea grandiflora

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: Blakeeae
Genera: Blakea – Chalybea

Name

Blakeeae Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 1: 727, 735. (1867)

• Type genus: Blakea P.Browne Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica 323. (1756)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Blakeaceae Rchb. ex Barnhart Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 19. (1895)
• Heterotypic
  • Pyxidantheae Triana, Bull. Congr. Int. Bot. Amsterdam. 457. (1865)
    • Type genus: Pyxidanthus Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 18: 150, t. 6. (1852)

References

Primary references

• Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. 1867. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus servata definita. Vol. 1, pars III., sistens Dicotyledonum Polypetalarum ordines LVI: Ranunculaceas–Cornaceas.] Pps. 721–1040. Lovell Reeve & Co., Williams & Norgate, Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. : 1: 735.

Additional references

• Penneys, D.S. & Judd, W.S. 2013. A revised circumscription for the Blakeeae (Melastomataceae) with associated nomenclatural adjustments. PhytoKeys (20): 17-32. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.20.4344 Reference page. 
• Penneys, D.S. & Judd, W.S. 2013. Combined molecular and morphological phylogenetic analyses of the Blakeeae (Melastomataceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 174(5): 802-817. DOI: 10.1086/670011 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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