Meriania leucantha

Meriania leucantha

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: Meriania
Species: Meriania leucantha

Name

Meriania leucantha (Sw.) Sw., Fl. Ind. Occid. 2(1): (825–)826(–828), t. 15, fig. a. 1798.

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Rhexia leucantha Sw., Prodr.: 61. 1788.

• Heterotypic
  • Meriania rosea Tussac, Fl. Antill. 1: 78(–81), t. 6. 1808. (as Meriana rosea)
  • Rhexia speciosa Bertero ex DC., Prodr. 3: 101. 1828, nom. inval. pro syn. – non Rhexia speciosa Bonpl. in Humb. & Bonpl., Monogr. Melast. 2: 9. 1808.
  • Meriania nana Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 18(2): 126(–127). 1852.
  • Meriania leucantha var. nana (Naudin) Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28(1): 65. 1871 [1872].
  • Meriania leucantha subsp. nana (Naudin) Borhidi, Bot. Közlem. 58(3): 177. 1971.
  • Wrightea rosea Tussac in Fl. Antill.: t. 78 (1808)
  • Wrightia nana Sol. ex Naudin in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 18: 126 (1852), not validly publ.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Caribbean Jamaica. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Swartz, O. 1798–1800. Flora Indiae occidentalis aucta atque illustrata sive descriptiones plantarum in prodromo recensitarum. Tomus II. Pp. 643–1230[+2 pp. err.] J.J.Palm, Erlangae [Erlangen]. BHL Reference page. : 2: 826

Additional references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1828. Ordo LXXVI. Melastomaceae. Pp. 99–202 in Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta, Pars 3, Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines XXVI. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• Naudin, C. 1852. Melastomacearum quae in Musaeo Parisiensi continentur monographicae descriptionis et secundum affinitates distributionis tentamen. (Sequentia.) Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, série 3, 17: 305–382, 18: 85–154, 257–294. BHL BHL BHL Reference page. 
• Swartz, O. 1788. Nova genera & species plantarum seu Prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium, maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783–87 digessit Olof Swartz. M. D. X+152 pp., index. M.Swederi, Holmiae [Stockholm] etc. BHL Reference page. 
• Triana, J. 1872 ["1871"]. Les Mélastomacées. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 28: 1–188, tt. 1–7. BHL Reference page.  ==
• Michelangeli, F.A., Carmenate Reyes, W. & Sosa, K. 2015. A revision of Meriania (Melastomataceae) in the Greater Antilles with emphasis on the status of the Cuban species. Brittonia 67: 118–137. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-015-9366-4 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. . 15 in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Meriania leucantha. Published online. Accessed: 26 October 2018.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Meriania leucantha.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Meriania leucantha. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 October 26. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 20303479. 26. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: October 2018 20303479.

Vernacular names

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