Medinilla alpestris

Medinilla alpestris

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: Sonerileae
Genus: Medinilla
Species: Medinilla alpestris

Name

Medinilla alpestris (Jack) Blume, 1831

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Melastoma alpestre Jack in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 14: 20 (1823)
• Heterotypic
  • Medinilla acrochordonocarpa Merr. in Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 24: 84 (1938 publ. 1939)
  • Medinilla javanensis Blume in Flora 14: 515 (1831)
  • Medinilla javanica Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: t. 7, f. 94a (1871 publ. 1872)
  • Medinilla kuhlii Blume in Flora 14: 514 (1831)
  • Medinilla septuplinervia Cogn. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 7: 576 (1891)
  • Medinilla sumatrana Baker f. in J. Bot. 62(Suppl.): 41 (1924)
  • Medinilla verrucosa (Blume) Blume in Flora 14: 514 (1831)
  • Medinilla verrucosa Baker f. in J. Bot. 62(Suppl.): 41 (1924), nom. illeg.
  • Melastoma epidendrum Reinw. ex Blume in Flora 14: 515 (1831)
  • Melastoma javanense Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 1078 (1826)
  • Melastoma verrucosum Blume in Catalogus: 71 (1823)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-tropicala ^* Regional: Southeastern Asia Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Sumatera, Thailand References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Blume, C.L., 1831. Flora 14: 514

Additional references

• Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Medinilla alpestris in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 31. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Medinilla alpestris. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Medinilla alpestris. Published online. Accessed: December 31 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Medinilla alpestris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 December 2023.

Vernacular names

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