Macrocentrum

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: Merianieae
Genus: Macrocentrum

Name

Macrocentrum Hook.f. in Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 1(3): 732, 756. 1867.

Homonym

Macrocentrum Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 36: 200(–201). 1870, nom. illeg. hom.

Overview of species

Accepted species

M. andinum – M. anfractum – M. angustifolium – M. anychioides – M. brevipedicellatum – M. chimantense – M. cristatum – M. droseroides – M. fasciculatum – M. fruticosum – M. gesneriaceum – M. gracile – M. huberi – M. latifolium – M. longidens – M. maguirei – M. minus – M. neblinae – M. parvulum – M. repens – M. rubescens – M. steyermarkii – M. stipulaceum – M. vestitum

Source(s) of checklist:
List based on accepted species according to Berry et al. (2001) and Wurdack (1993), as well as to Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil – see references.

Names in synonymy

M. montanum –

References

Berry, P.E., Luckana, N. & Yatskievych, K. 2001. Macrocentrum. Pp. 375–379 in Berry, P.E., Gröger, A., Holst, B.K., Morley, T., Michelangeli, F.A., Luckana, N.G., Almeda, F., Renner, S.S., Freire-Fierro, A., Robinson, O.R. & Yatskievych, K., Melastomataceae. In Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 6, Liliaceae–Myrsinaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-915279-81-9. Reference page.
Wurdack, J.J. 1993. Macrocentrum. Pp. 141–153 in Wurdack, J.J., Morley, T. & Renner, S., 99. Melastomataceae. In Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A. (ed.), Flora of the Guianas, Series A: Phanerogams, Fascicle 13. Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, ISBN 3-87429-343-2. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Macrocentrum. Published online. Accessed: 28 April 2019.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Macrocentrum in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 April 28.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Macrocentrum.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Macrocentrum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2019-04-28.
Hassler, M. 2019. Macrocentrum. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 April 28. Reference page.

Tropicos.org 2019. Macrocentrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 April 2019.
Macrocentrum in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 28 April 2019.
Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Macrocentrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 April 2019.
Macrocentrum in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 28 April 2019.