Leiostegia

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: Marcetieae
Genus: Leiostegia
Species: L. vernicosa

Name

Leiostegia Benth., J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 294. (1840)

• monotypic taxon

References

• Bentham, G. 1840. Journal of Botany, (Being a Second Series of the Botanical Miscellany), Containing Figures and Descriptions 2: 294.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Leiostegia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 3. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Leiostegia. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 3 2020.
• Rocha, M.J.R., Guimarães, P.J.F., Michelangeli, F.A. & Batista, J.A.N. 2018. Taxonomy of Marcetieae: A new neotropical tribe of Melastomataceae. International Journal of Plant Sciences 179(1): 50–74. DOI: 10.1086/694932 Reference page.