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227.0000 Family Melastomataceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 328 (1789), nom. cons.
148 genera, ca. 6000 spp. tropics, by far the majority in tropical America, almost 1000 in Colombia. Complete phylogeny: Goldenberg et al. (2022), refined by Quakenbush et al. (2025)
Species listed in database: 6072; hybrids: 1
= Blakeaceae Rchb. ex Barnhart; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 19 (1895)
= Memecylaceae DC.; Linnaea 2: 505 (1827)
= Miconiaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [Martius] 64 (1835)
= Mouririaceae Gardner; J. Bot. [Hooker] 2: 22 (1840)
= Rhexiaceae Dumort.; Commentat. Bot. [Dumortier] 59 (1822)
227.5003 Genus Arthrostemma Ruiz & Pav.; Fl. Peruv. [Ruiz & Pavon] 4: I. 326 (1802) ex D. Don (1823)
Distribution: Tropical America from Mexico to Bolivia, West Indies
Species listed in database: 4
= Melanium Rich. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 135 (1828)
= Heteronema Rchb.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 173 (1828)
species :
Arthrostemma alatum Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 35 (1871 publ. 1872)
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, México State, Michoacán, Nayarit, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Venezuela (Aragua, Cojedes, Lara, Miranda)
79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 VEN
species :
Arthrostemma ciliatum Pav. ex D.Don; Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 4: 298 (1823)
Distribution: Hawaii [I] (Oahu [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; +Cuba; Jamaica; Trinidad; Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Venezuela (Aragua, Merida, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz); N-Brazil (Acre)
63 haw 79 MEX 80 COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB JAM TRT 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Arthrostemma campanulare (Bonpl. ex Naudin) Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 35 (1871 publ. 1872) non DC.
= Arthrostemma fragile Lindl.; J. Hort. Soc. London 3: 74 (1848)
= Arthrostemma grandiflorum Markgr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 1139 (1927)
= Arthrostemma macrodesmum Gleason ex R.O.Williams; Fl. Trinidad & Tobago 1(6): 356 (1934)
= Arthrostemma volubile (Naudin) Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 35 (1871 publ. 1872)
= Heteronoma campanulare Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 14: 153 (1850)
= Heteronoma ciliatum (Pav. ex D.Don) Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 14: 154 (1850)
= Heteronoma cubense Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 14: 152 (1850)
= Heteronoma diversifolium Benth.; Bot. Voy. Sulphur [Bentham] 93 (1844)
= Heteronoma diversifolium DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 123 (1828)
= Heteronoma diversifolium var. rubiginosum Ram.Goyena; Fl. Nicarag. 1: 413 (1909)
= Heteronoma galeottianum Naudin; Amer. J. Sci. Arts, Ser. 2, 14: 153 (1850)
= Heteronoma goudotianum Naudin; Amer. J. Sci. Arts, Ser. 2, 14: 152 (1850)
= Heteronoma volubile Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 14: 153 (1850)
= Melastoma volubile Bonpl. ex Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 35 (1871 publ. 1872)
= Rhexia diversifolia Bonpl.; Monogr. Melast. 2(Rhex.): 119 (1820)
= Rhexia inaequalifolia (Moc. & Sessé) ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 122 (1828)
= Tibouchina fragilis (Lindl.) Baill.; Hist. Pl. [Baillon] 7: 7 (1880)
= Tibouchina heteronoma M.Gómez; Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 67 (1894)
species :
Arthrostemma parvifolium Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 143 (1891)
Distribution: Mexico (Tabasco, Chiapas); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador
79 MEX 80 BLZ ELS GUA
Synonyms: hidden
= Arthrostemma apodocarpum Donn.Sm.; Enum. Pl. Guatem. 6: 70 (1903)
species :
Arthrostemma primaevum Almeda; Brittonia 46(1): 76 (1994)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz)
79 MEX
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