Family:
Melastomataceae Juss.
Genus:
Osbeckia L.

Osbeckia rubicunda Arn.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Sri Lanka, Peninsula Malaysia (Perak).

Native to:

Malaya, Sri Lanka

Introduced into:

Taiwan

Osbeckia rubicunda Arn. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 8, 1973 Bland, L.S. [s.n.], Malaysia K000867942 syntype Yes
Aug 8, 1973 Walker [102], Sri Lanka K000867968 Unknown type material Yes
Aug 8, 1973 Bland, L.S. [s.n.], Malaysia K000867941 syntype Yes
Aug 8, 1973 Anderson, J.W. [s.n.], Malaysia K000867943 syntype Yes
Aug 8, 1973 Walker [101], Sri Lanka K000867967 lectotype Yes

First published in Compan. Bot. Mag. 2: 309 (1837)

Accepted by

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.

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