Family:
Melastomataceae Juss.
Genus:
Osbeckia L.

Osbeckia virgata D.Don ex Wight & Arn.

This species is accepted, and its native range is S. India, Bangladesh to Peninsula Malaysia.

Native to:

Bangladesh, India, Malaya, Vietnam

Osbeckia virgata D.Don ex Wight & Arn. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 19, 1974 Wight, R. [1147] K000867958 Yes
Jan 19, 1974 Wight, R. [1147] K000867957 Unknown type material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4045], Singapore Melastoma rhodocarpum K001038023 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4045] Melastoma rhodocarpum K001038026 Yes

First published in Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 323 (1834)

Accepted by

  • 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.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 2: 1-1060. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Prashobb, P. & Sibichen, M.T. (2020). Osbeckia L. (Melastomataceae) in India: 1-122. Bishen Singh Madhendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun, India.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 2: 1-1060. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.

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