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Melastoma

The genus Melastoma is in the family Melastomataceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Melastoma

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Melastoma dodecandrum Lour. Accepted M TRO
Melastoma imbricatum Wall. ex Triana Accepted M TRO
Melastoma intermedium Dunn Accepted M TRO
Melastoma malabathricum L. Accepted M TRO
Melastoma penicillatum Naudin Accepted M TRO
Melastoma saigonense (Kuntze) Merr. Accepted M TRO
Melastoma sanguineum Sims Accepted M TRO

Statistics

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.

Species 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%

All names

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%