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The genus Melastoma is in the family Melastomataceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).
Statistics are at the end of the page.
See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.
Name | Status | Confidence level | Source |
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Melastoma dodecandrum | Accepted | TRO | |
Melastoma imbricatum | Accepted | TRO | |
Melastoma intermedium | Accepted | TRO | |
Melastoma malabathricum | Accepted | TRO | |
Melastoma penicillatum | Accepted | TRO | |
Melastoma saigonense | Accepted | TRO | |
Melastoma sanguineum | Accepted | TRO |
The Plant List includes 305 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Melastoma. Of these 7 are accepted species names.
The Plant List includes a further 4 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Melastoma. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.
The status of the 305 species names for the genus Melastoma recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:
Status | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
◕ | Accepted | 7 | 2.3% |
◕ | Synonym | 234 | 76.7% |
◕ | Unplaced | 0 | 0% |
◕ | Unassessed | 64 | 21.0% |
The status of the 309 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Melastoma recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:
Status | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
◕ | Accepted | 8 | 2.6% |
◕ | Synonym | 237 | 76.7% |
◕ | Unplaced | 0 | 0% |
◕ | Unassessed | 64 | 20.7% |
The confidence with which the status of the 305 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Melastoma, are assigned as follows:
Confidence level | Accepted | Synonym | Unplaced | Unassessed | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High confidence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
Medium confidence | 7 | 232 | 0 | 0 | 239 | 78.4% | |
Low confidence | 0 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 66 | 21.6% |
The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Melastoma, are as follows:
Source of record | Accepted | Synonym | Unplaced | Unassessed | Misapplied | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tropicos | 7 | 234 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 305 | 100% |