Melastoma malabathricum L.

, Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 390 (1753). BHL
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:570989-1
Publication
Species Plantarum
Collation
1: 390
Date of Publication
1 May 1753
Family as entered in IPNI
Melastomataceae

Type Information

Locality
Habitat in India.
Type Herbaria
lectotype BM (000594487)
Chosen By
Bremer Regnum Veg. 127 : 65. 1993 Bremer (l.c.) designated the material in Herb. Hermann (BM) in vol. 1: 55, no. 171 as the [second-step] lectotype.
Distribution Of Types
Kerala (India, Indian Subcontinent, Asia-Tropical)
Sri Lanka (Indian Subcontinent, Asia-Tropical)

Original Data

Remarks
Ind. or.; Malaya

Remarks

Bremer (in Dassanayake & Fosberg (ed.), Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6 : 159. 1987) designated the material in Herb. Hermann (BM) in both vol. 1: 55 and 4: 3 as the [first-step] lectotype.

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Same citation as
Melastoma malabathricum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 390 (1753).