Family:
Melastomataceae Juss.
Genus:
Osbeckia L.

Osbeckia chinensis L.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Australia.

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Osbeckia chinensis L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2010 Chantaranothai, P. et al. [90/86], Thailand K000566743 No
Nov 1, 2009 Schenell [70249bis], Indonesia K000566309 No
Aug 10, 2004 Reynoso [24847], Philippines K000171525 No
Aug 7, 1973 s.coll. [s.n.], Jawa K000867923 Yes
Mar 31, 1973 s.coll. [s.n.], Indonesia K000867922 syntype Yes
Jul 28, 1972 Put [1909], Thailand K000867933 Unknown type material Yes

First published in Sp. Pl.: 345 (1753)

Accepted by

  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • George, A.S. (ed.) (1990). Flora of Australia 18: 1-349. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (1999). Flora of Japan IIc: 1-328. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Prashobb, P. & Sibichen, M.T. (2020). Osbeckia L. (Melastomataceae) in India: 1-122. Bishen Singh Madhendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun, India.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • George, A.S. (ed.) (1990). Flora of Australia 18: 1-349. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Prashobb, P. & Sibichen, M.T. (2020). Osbeckia L. (Melastomataceae) in India: 1-122. Bishen Singh Madhendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun, India.

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0