Melastoma malabathricum L.

, Sp. Pl. 1: 390 (1753). BHL
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:162217-3
Publication
Species Plantarum
Collation
1: 390
Family as entered in IPNI
Melastomataceae

Type Information

Locality
Habitat in India.
Type Herbaria
lectotype BM
Chosen By
Bremer in Dassan. & Fosberg Revis. Handb. Fl. Ceylon [Dassanayake] 6: 159. 1987 Bremer inadvertently designated the material in Herb. Hermann in both vol. 1: 55 and 4: 3 as the [first-step] lectotype.
Distribution Of Types
India (Indian Subcontinent, Asia-Tropical)
Sri Lanka (Indian Subcontinent, Asia-Tropical)
Type Remarks
162217

Remarks

Bremer (Regnum Veg. 127 : 65. 1993) designated the [second-step] lectotype.

Links

Duplicate citation of
Melastoma malabathricum L., Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 390 (1753).