Melastomataceae Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 328. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] (1789)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Bakhuizen van den Brink, R. C. (1943). A contribution to the knowledge of the Melastomataceae occurring in the Malay Archipelago especially in the Netherlands East Indies. Rec. Trav. Bot. Néerl. 40: 1–391. [Reprinted in Meded.Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. 91: 1–391 (1947).]
  • Jacques-Felix, H. (1978). Les genres de Memecyleae (Melastomataceae) en Afrique, Madagascar et Mascareignes. Adansonia 18 (2): 221–235.
  • Renner, S. S., Clausing, G., Cellinese, N. & Meyer, K. (2001). Melastomataceae. In: K. Larsen & I. Nielsen (eds), Flora of Thailand 7(3): 412–496.
  • Wickens, G. E. (1975). Melastomataceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa. Crown Agents, London.
  • Wurdack, J. J., Morley, T. & Renner, S. (1993). Flora of the Guianas, series A: Phanerogams. 99: Melastomataceae. Koeltz Scientific Books, Konigstein.

Neotropikey

  • APG II. (2003). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 141(4): 399-436.
  • Berry, P.E., Gröger, A., Holst, B.K., Morley, T., Michelangeli, F.A., Luckana, N.G., Almeda, F., Renner, S.S., Freire-Fierro, A., Robinson, O.R. & Yatskievych, K. (2001). Melastomataceae. In: Steyermark, J.A., Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K., & Holst, B.K. (eds), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 6: 263-528.
  • Clausing, G. & Renner, S.S. (2001). Molecular phylogenetics of Melastomataceae and Memecylaceae: implications for character evolution. American J. Bot. 88(3): 486-498.
  • Heywood, V.H., Brummitt, R.K., Culham, A. & Seberg, O. (2007). Flowering plant families of the world. 424 pp. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Renner, S.S. (1993). Phylogeny and classification of the Melastomataceae and Memecylaceae. Nord. J. Bot. 13: 519-540.
  • Renner, S.S. (2004). Bayesian analysis of combined chloroplast loci, using multiple calibrations, supports the recent arrival of Melastomataceae in Africa and Madagascar. Amer. J. Bot. 91(9): 1427-1435.
  • Wurdack, J.J. & Renner, S. (1993). Melastomatoideae. In: A.R.A. Görts-Van Rijn (ed.), Flora of the Guianas, Ser. A, 99. Melastomataceae. Koeltz, Koenigstein.
  • Wurdack, J.J. (1973). Melastomataceae. In: Lasser, T. (ed.), Flora de Venezuela 8: 1-819.
  • Wurdack, J.J. (1980). Melastomataceae. In: Harling, G. & Sparre, B. (eds), Flora of Ecuador 13: 1-406. Göteborg, Sweden.

Trees of New Guinea

  • Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr., R.C. (1943). A contribution to the knowledge of the Melastomataceae occurring in the Malay Archipelago, especially in the Netherlands East Indies. Recueil Trav. Bot. Neerl. 40: 1–391.
  • Clausing, G & Renner, S.S. (2001). Molecular phylogenetics of Melastomataceae and Memecylaceae: Implications for character evolution. Amer. J. Bot. 88: 486–498.
  • Maxwell, J.F. (1981). A revision of the genus Pternandra (Melastomataceae). Gard. Bull. Singapore 34: 1–90.
  • Maxwell, J.F. (1989) Melastomataceae. In: F.S.P. Ng (ed.), Tree Flora of Malaya 4: 179–198. Longman Malaysia.
  • Renner, S.S., Clausing, G., Cellinese, N. & Meyer, K. (2001). Melastomataceae. Fl. Thailand 7(3): 412–497.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0