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: 6046; 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)
227.1006
Genus
Warneckea Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 100 (1904)
Distribution: Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius (1)
Species listed in database: 49
species :
Warneckea acutifolia
(De Wild.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 229 (1978)
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
Remarks: only known from the type collected in 1910
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon acutifolium De Wild.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 76 (1915)
species :
Warneckea albiflora
R.D.Stone & N.P.Tenza; Phytotaxa 311(2): 169 (2017)
Distribution: Mozambique
26 MOZ
species :
Warneckea amaniensis
Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 101 (1904)
Distribution: SE-Kenya; E-Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon amaniense (Gilg) A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 34: 83 (1960)
species :
Warneckea anomala
(H.Perrier) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 229 (1978)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon anomalum H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 195 (1932)
species :
Warneckea atrovirens
Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1985(1): 54 (1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Warneckea austrooccidentalis
R.D.Stone; Kew Bull. 64(2): 307 (2009)
Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon
22 NGA 23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
species :
Warneckea bebaiensis
(Gilg ex Engl.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 229 (1978)
Distribution: Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola
23 EQG GAB ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon bebaiensis Gilg ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 766 (191)
= Memecylon uniflorum Exell; J. Bot. 67: Suppl. 1, 186 (1929)
species :
Warneckea bequaertii
(De Wild.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 230 (1978)
Distribution: NE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda
23 ZAI 25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Lijndenia bequaertii (De Wild.) Borhidi; Opera Bot. 121: 151 (1993)
= Memecylon bequaerti De Wild.; Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 9: Suppl. Bot. 14 (1921)
species :
Warneckea bullata
Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1985(1): 52 (1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Warneckea cauliflora
Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 19(3): 260 (1980)
Distribution: Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
23 CON GAB
species :
Warneckea cinnamomoides
(G.Don) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 230 (1978)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Cameroon; Gabon; Central African Republic; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola
22 BEN GHA GUI IVO SIE 23 CAF CMN GAB ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon cinnamomoides G.Don; Gen. Hist. 2: 655 (1832)
= Memecylon cinnamomoides Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 39 (1898), isonym
= Memecylon cinnamomoides var. palustre A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 34: 73 (1960)
= Memecylon exellii A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 29: 60 (1955)
= Memecylon oreophilum Gilg & Ledermann ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 765 (1921) (non Tristemma oreophilum Gilg)
= Memecylon tamifolium Gilg ex De Wild. & T.Durand; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 3, 1: 94 (1901) ("ternifolium " par erreur)
= Memecylon tamifolium Gilg ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 764 (1921)
= Memecylon ternifolium Gilg, Exell; J. Bot. 67: Suppl. 1, 183 (1929), descr.
species :
Warneckea congolensis
(A.Fern. & R.Fern.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 230 (1978)
Distribution: C-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon congolensis A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 34: 79 (1960)
species :
Warneckea cordiformis
R.D.Stone; Nordic J. Bot. 31(1): 113 (2013)
Distribution: Mozambique
26 MOZ
species :
Warneckea erubescens
(Gilg) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 230 (1978)
Distribution: NE-Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon erubescens Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 41 (1898)
= Memecylon heinsenii Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 42 (1898)
species :
Warneckea fascicularis
(Planch. ex Benth.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 230 (1978)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; S-Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Congo [Brazzaville]
22 BKN GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 CMN CON EQG
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon fasciculare (Planch. ex Benth.) Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 263, 282 (1852)
= Memecylon heudelotii Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 265 (1852)
= Spathandra fascicularis Planch. ex Benth.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] 357 (1849)
species :
Warneckea floribunda
Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 19(3): 262 (1980)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
Remarks: only known from the type collected in 1929
species :
Warneckea fosteri
(Hutch. & Dalziel) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 231 (1978)
Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Annobon Isl.
22 NGA 23 ANN CMN
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon fosteri Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 1: 215 (1927), Hutch. & Dalziel in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 223 (1928)
species :
Warneckea gilletii
(De Wild.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 231 (1978)
Distribution: W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
Remarks: only known from the type collected in 1900
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon gilletii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 1: 172 (1904)
species :
Warneckea golaensis
(Baker f.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 231 (1978)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast
22 GUI IVO LBR SIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon golaensis Baker f. [J.Bot.49: 320 (1911)]
species :
Warneckea guineensis
(Keay) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 235 (1978)
Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast; SW-Nigeria; Congo [Brazzaville]
22 IVO LBR NGA 23 CON
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon guineense Keay; Kew Bull. [7]: 163 (1952)
= Memecylon meiklei Keay; Kew Bull. [7]: 163 (1952)
= Memecylon sessile A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 278 (1920), nomen, et Fl. W. Trop Afr. 1: 214, in clavi, 215 (1927), et Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 4: 687, descr. (1932) (non Benth. ex Wight & Arn. 1834)
species :
Warneckea hedbergiorum
Borhidi; Opera Bot. 121: 149 (1993), as ´hedbergorum´
Distribution: NE-Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Warneckea jasminoides
(Gilg) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 231 (1978)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; N-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Uganda; Tanzania; Angola
23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 24 SSU 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Lijndenia jasminoides (Gilg) Borhidi; Opera Bot. 121: 151 (1993)
= Memecylon cyaneum De Wild.; Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 9, Suppl. Bot. 15 (1921)
= Memecylon gilgianum Exell; J. Bot. 67, Suppl. 183 (1929)
= Memecylon heterophyllum Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 39 (1898)
= Memecylon jasminoides Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 39 (1898)
= Memecylon strychnoides Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 39 (1898), non Baker (1895)
= Memecylon wilwerthii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 3: 246
species :
Warneckea lecomteana
Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 19(3): 258 (1980)
Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]
23 CON
Remarks: only known from the type
species :
Warneckea macrantha
Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 19(3): 264 (1980)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
species :
Warneckea madagascariensis
Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1985(1): 49 (1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Warneckea mangrovensis
(Jacq.-Fél.) R.D.Stone; Kew Bull. 64(2): 311 (2009)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon
23 CMN GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Warneckea fascicularis var. mangrovensis Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 19(3): 266 (1980)
species :
Warneckea masoalae
R.D.Stone; Adansonia, Sér. 3, 28(2): 354 (2006)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Warneckea melindensis
(A.Fern. & R.Fern.) R.D.Stone & Q.Luke; J. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. 98(1): 142 (2009)
Distribution: SE-Kenya; NE-Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon melindense A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 29: 62
species :
Warneckea membranifolia
(Hook.f.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 232 (1978)
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; S-Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
22 GHA IVO NGA TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB SAO ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon fernandianum Gilg ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 765 (1921)
= Memecylon fernandinum Gilg; Wiss. Ergebn. Zweit. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1910-1911), Bot. 2: 188 (1922), nomen
= Memecylon leucocarpum Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 40 (1898)
= Memecylon longicaudum Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 40 (1898)
= Memecylon membranifolium Hook.f.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 462 (1871)
= Memecylon nanum A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 278 (1920)
species :
Warneckea memecyloides
(Benth.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 232 (1978)
Distribution: Ghana; Benin; S-Nigeria; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Central African Republic
22 BEN GHA NGA 23 BIO CAF PRI SAO
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon memecyloides (Benth.) Exell; Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tomé [Exell] 181 (1944)
= Memecylon polyneuron Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 41 (1898)
= Memecylon vogelii Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 263 (1852)
= Spathandra memecyloides Benth.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] 357 (1849)
species :
Warneckea microphylla
(Gilg) Borhidi; Opera Bot. 121: 150 (1993)
Distribution: NE-Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon microphyllum Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 101 (1904)
species :
Warneckea mouririfolia
(Brenan) Borhidi; Opera Bot. 121: 150 (1993)
Distribution: SE-Kenya
25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon mouririifolium Brenan; Kew Bull. [2]: 89 (1946)
species :
Warneckea ngutiensis
R.D.Stone; Kew Bull. 73(1)-12: 3 (2018)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN CR (Cameroon)
species :
Warneckea parvifolia
R.D.Stone & Ntetha; S. African J. Bot. 88: 320 (2013)
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
27 SAF
species :
Warneckea peculiaris
(H.Perrier) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 232 (1978)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon peculiare H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 196 (1932)
species :
Warneckea pulcherrima
(Gilg) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 232 (1978)
Distribution: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Klaineastrum gabonense Pierre ex A.Chev.; Vég. Utiles Afrique Trop. Franç. 9: 215 (1917)
= Klaineastrum pulcherrimum (Gilg) Pierre ex A.Chev.; Vég. Utiles Afrique Trop. Franç. 9: 215 (1917)
= Memecylon boonei De Wild.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 4: 425 (1914)
= Memecylon gabonense (Pierre ex A.Chev.) Gilg ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 765 (1921)
= Memecylon pulcherrimum Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 41 (1898)
species :
Warneckea pulviniflora
Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1985(1): 56 (1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Warneckea reygaertii
(De Wild.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 234 (1978)
Distribution: Gabon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola
23 GAB ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon aggregatum A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 29: 61 (1955)
= Memecylon coeruleo-violaceum Gilg ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 765 (1921)
= Memecylon reygaertii De Wild.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 4: 425 (1914)
species :
Warneckea sansibarica
(Taub.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 234 (1978)
Name: Tonga Rose-apple
Distribution: SE-Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Zambia; S-Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Madagascar
25 KEN TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon buchananii Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 40 (1898)
= Memecylon buchananii var. maritimum A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 34: 77
= Memecylon lutambense Markgr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 717 (1935)
= Memecylon majungense H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 210 (1932)
= Memecylon sansibaricum Taub.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C 296 (1895)
= Memecylon sansibaricum var. buchananii (Gilg) A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot. 46: 66 (1972)
= Memecylon sansibaricum var. maritimum (A.Fern. & R.Fern.) A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 43: 304 (1969)
= Memecylon stolzii Gilg ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 765 (1921)
= Warneckea sansibarica subsp. buchananii (Gilg) Borhidi; Opera Bot. 121: 151 (1993)
species :
Warneckea sapinii
(De Wild.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 234 (1978)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola
23 CMN CON GAB ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon sapinii De Wild.; Co. Kasai Mission Perman. Études Sci. Résult. Rech. Bot. Agron. 378 (1910)
= Memecylon angolense Exell; J. Bot. 67 (Suppl.): 183 (1929)
species :
Warneckea schliebenii
(Markgr.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 234 (1978)
Distribution: E-Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon schliebenii Markgr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 672 (1932)
species :
Warneckea sessilicarpa
(A.Fern. & R.Fern.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 234 (1978)
Distribution: NE-Mozambique; Madagascar
26 MOZ 29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon sessilicarpum A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Garcia de Orta, Ser. Bot. 2(1): 55 (1974)
species :
Warneckea sousae
(A.Fern. & R.Fern.) A.E.van Wyk; Trees S. Africa, ed. 3: 19 (2002)
Distribution: Mozambique; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
26 MOZ 27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon sousae A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot. 46: 67 (1972)
species :
Warneckea superba
(A.Fern. & R.Fern.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 235 (1978)
Distribution: W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
Remarks: only known from the type collected in 1948
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon superbum A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 34: 81 (1960)
species :
Warneckea trinervis
(DC.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 235 (1978)
Distribution: Mauritius
29 MAU
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon trinerve DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 5 (1828)
species :
Warneckea urschii
(H.Perrier) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 19(3): 268 (1980)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon urschii H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 12: 107 (1945)
species :
Warneckea walikalensis
(A.Fern. & R.Fern.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 235 (1978)
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
Remarks: only known from the type collected in 1959
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon walikalense A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 34: 78 (1960)
species :
Warneckea wildeana
Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 19(3): 260 (1980)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
23 CMN CON GAB
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
species :
Warneckea yangambensis
(A.Fern. & R.Fern.) Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(2): 235 (1978)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 CMN GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon yangambense A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 34: 73 (1960)
