Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Melastomataceae Juss.
Melastoma L.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 1 :
389
[tax. nov.]
Linnaeus, C. (1754) , Genera Plantarum Edn. 5 :
184
[secondary reference]
Heward, R. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1841) , Biographical sketch of the late Allan Cunningham. The Journal of Botany 4 :
249
[secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867) , Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3 :
292
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
60
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
214
[secondary reference]
Hitchcock, A.S. in Ramsbottom, J., Wilmott, A.J., Wakefield, E.M. & Sprague, T.A. (ed.) (August 1929) , The application of Linnean generic names to be determined by means of specified Standard-species. Nomenclature: Proposals by British Botanists :
153
[secondary reference]
Type:
Melastoma malabathricum L.
Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C. Jnr (1943) , A contribution to the knowledge of the Melastomataceae occuring in the Malay Archipelago especially in the Netherlands East Indies :
55-56
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
145
[secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986) , Melastomataceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2 :
219
[secondary reference]
Whiffin, T.P. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990) , Melastomataceae. Flora of Australia 18 :
247-248
[secondary reference]
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld, NSW
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991) , Melastomataceae. Flora of New South Wales 2 :
198
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Melastomataceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region :
548
[secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995) , Flora of the Darwin Region 2 :
140
[secondary reference]
Meyer, K. (2001) , Revision of the Southeast Asian genus Melastoma (Melastomataceae). Blumea 46(2) :
353
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Otanthera Blume
legitimate
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) , Melastomataceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2 :
232
[secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest :
282
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3 :
534
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Otanthera Blume
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Otanthera Blume
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Othanthera Korth.
orth. var.
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld, NSW
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Otanthera Blume
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Othanthera Korth.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Melastoma sect. Eumelastoma Bakh.f.
nom. inval.
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld, NSW
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Otanthera Blume
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Othanthera Korth.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Melastoma sect. Eumelastoma Bakh.f.
nom. inval.
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld (native and naturalised), NSW