Spathandra

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: Olisbeoideae
Genus: Spathandra
Species: S. blakeoides

Name

Spathandra Guill. & Perr., Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 313. t. 71. (1832)

• Type species: Spathandra blakeoides (G.Don) Jacq.-Fél., Adansonia sér. 2, 18(2): 225. (1978) originally designated as synonym Spathandra caerulea Guill. & Perr., Fl. Seneg. Tent. i. 313. t. 71. (1832)
  

Note: Genus monotypic largely due to the resurrection of Lijndenia Zoll. & Moritzi, Syst. Verz. Mor. 10. (1845) and recent transfer of Madagascar combinations to Lijndenia (Stone, 2017).

References

• Guillemin, J.B.A. & Perrottet, G.S. 1832. Florae Senegambiae Tentamen, seu Historia Plantarum in Diversis Senegambiae Regionibus a Peregrinatoribus Perrottet et Leprieur Detectarum 1: 313. t. 71.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Spathandra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sept. 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Spathandra. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 26 2020.
• Stone, R.D. 2017. Revised treatment of the genus Lijndenia (Melastomataceae, Olisbeoideae) in Madagascar. Candollea 72(1): 67–86. DOI: 10.15553/c2017v721a7 PDF Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Spathandra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Sept. 2020.