Melastoma cyanoides

Melastoma cyanoides

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: Melastoma
Species: Melastoma cyanoides

Name

Melastoma cyanoides Sm. A.Rees, Cycl. 23: n.° 56 (1812)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Lachnopodium bracteatum Blume Mus. Bot. 1: 56 (1849)
  • Lachnopodium rubrolimbatum Blume Flora 14: 477 (1831)
  • Malabathris cyanoides Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 97 (1838)
  • Malabathris nigra Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 97 (1838)
  • Melastoma furcatum Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 406 (1824)
  • Melastoma moluccanum Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 1078 (1826)
  • Melastoma rubrolimbatum Link & Otto Icon. Pl. Select.: 89 (1825)
  • Osbeckia annamica Guillaumin Bull. Soc. Bot. France 68: 2 (1921)
  • Osbeckia manillana DC. Prodr. 3: 142 (1828)
  • Osbeckia papuana Cogn. A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 7: 332 (1891)
  • Otanthera adpressa Mansf. Nova Guinea 14: 199 (1924)
  • Otanthera bracteata Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Bezitt., Bot.: t. 51 (1842)
  • Otanthera celebica Blume Mus. Bot. 1: 56 (1849)
  • Otanthera crinita Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 13: 354 (1850)
  • Otanthera cyanoides Triana Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 55 (1871 publ. 1872)
  • Otanthera gracilis Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 13: 353 (1850)
  • Otanthera lamii Mansf. Nova Guinea 14: 199 (1924)
  • Otanthera macgregorii Merr. Philipp. J. Sci., C 12: 356 (1917)
  • Otanthera manillana Triana Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 56 (1871 publ. 1872)
  • Otanthera moluccana (Blume) Blume Flora 14: 489 (1831)
  • Otanthera nicobarensis Teijsm. & Binn. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 25: 427 (1863)
  • Otanthera novoguineensis Baker f. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9: 50 (1916)
  • Otanthera papuana (Cogn.) C.Hansen Ginkgoana 4: 122 (1977)
  • Otanthera parviflora Merr. Philipp. J. Sci., C 12: 355 (1917)
  • Otanthera queenslandica Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22: 1032 (1928)
  • Otanthera rubro-limbata Triana Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 56 (1871 publ. 1872)
  • Otanthera setulosa K.Schum. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee, Nachtr.: 327 (1905)
  • Otanthera strigosa Merr. Philipp. J. Sci. 14: 433 (1919)
  • Otanthera subrostrata Bakh.f. Contr. Melastom.: 106 (1943)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Andaman Is., Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam Continental: Australasia Regional: Papuasia New Guinea Regional: Australia Queensland References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Smith, J.E. in A.Rees, 1812. Cycl. 23: n.° 56

Additional references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Melastoma cyanoides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 09. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Melastoma cyanoides. Published online. Accessed: December 09 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Melastoma cyanoides. 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 09. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Melastoma cyanoides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 December 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Bush strawberry

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