Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Melastomataceae
Melastomataceae Juss.
Melastomataceae Juss. , nom. cons., scientific
Jussieu, A.L. de (4 August 1789), Genera Plantarum: 328 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Melastoma L.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 60 BHL [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 2, 147 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 209 [secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 649-651, fig. 5.25 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Memecylaceae DC. legitimate
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Melastomataceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 219 [secondary reference]
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Melastomataceae. Flora of New South Wales 2: 197 [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]
Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 284, 288 [secondary reference]
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Melastomataceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 232 [secondary reference]
The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 418 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Memecylaceae DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mouriraceae Gardner legitimate
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 281 [secondary reference]
Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 110 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Rhexiaceae Dumort. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Memecylaceae DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Miconiaceae Mart. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mouriraceae Gardner legitimate taxonomic synonym: Blakeaceae Rchb. ex Barnhart legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Melastomae Juss. orth. var. orthographic variant: Melastomaceae Juss. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Memecylaceae DC. legitimate
  • APC Comment: Memecylaceae is recognised as a distinct family in Qld, represented by Memecylon.
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 534, 937 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Memecylaceae DC. legitimate
The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 113 [secondary reference]