Melastomataceae
Meriania

Meriania crassiramis (Naudin) Wurdack

First published in Brittonia 39: 159 (1987)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Venezuela (Bolívar) to Guyana and Brazil (Roraima). It grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Guyana, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1986 Schomburgk [671 / 1004 B] Guyana K000329426 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Thurn, E.F. [89 Set. A] Guyana K000329425 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Ule, E. [8678] Brazil K000973930 Yes
Clarke, H.D.; Perry, C.; Tripp, E.A.; Stern, S.; Gittens, D. [11705] Guyana K004025893 Yes
Clarke, H.D.; Williams, R.; Perry, C.; Tripp, E.; Kelly, J. [9325] Guyana K004025892 Yes
Maguire, B. [s.n.] Venezuela K004026008 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0