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Lithobieae and Eriocnemeae: two new Neotropical tribes of Melastomataceae

, 2020
Several genera in the Melastomataceae mostly endemic to southeastern Brazil have not been assessed for their tribal placement in a phylogenetic context.
D. Penneys, F. Almeda, F. Michelangeli, R. Goldenberg, A. B. Martins, P. Fritsch   +5 more
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Towards a new understanding of the division of labour in heterantherous flowers: the case of Pterolepis glomerata (Melastomataceae)

, 2020
Pollen-flowers with heteromorphic stamens have been shown to promote an intrafloral division of labour as a solution to fitness costs arising from pollen consumption by bees, known as the pollen dilemma.
F. J. Telles, C. L. Klunk, F. Maia, V. L. G. de Brito, I. Varassin   +4 more
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A new species of Meriania (Melastomataceae) with remarkably small flowers from northern Peru

Phytotaxa, 2020
Meriania microflora (Merianieae, Melastomataceae), a new species en­demic to the Amazonas-Loreto border, in the Peruvian Amazon, is described and illustrated here. The new spe­cies presents the smallest flowers recorded within the genus, and also differs
R. Fernandez-Hilario, R. Goldenberg, F. Michelangeli   +2 more
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Leaf Structure of Microlicieae (Melastomataceae): Taxonomic and Adaptive Implications

Systematic Botany, 2020
Microlicieae is a Neotropical tribe of Melastomataceae, and most of its species are endemic to Brazil, especially in campo rupestre sites. The campo rupestre ecosystem occurs in areas with shallow soils deficient in water and nutrients, and elevations ...
Amanda Aparecida Oliveira do Carmo, Lareska Zirondi Cássero, Ricardo Pacifico, Karina Fidanza, L. A. de Souza   +4 more
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A revision of Rhynchanthera (Melastomataceae) [PDF]

Nordic Journal of Botany, 1990
The neotropical genus Rhynchanthera (Melastomataceae, Microlicieae) is revised, and 15 of the 84 proposed taxa are recognized; two species are excluded from the genus. The group consists of subshrubs and shrubs with usually purple flowers in thyrsoid inflorescences of uniparous or biparous cymes.
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A Taxonomic revision of Pseudodissochaeta (Melastomataceae, Dissochaeteae)

, 2020
The mainly Southeast Asian genus Pseudodissochaeta (Melastomataceae, Dissochaeteae) is revised based on a study of herbarium collections. The relationships of Pseudodissochaeta to Dissochaeta and Medinilla are discussed and some important characters ...
Abdulrokhman Kartonegoro, Y. Liu, Sylvia MOTA DE OLIVEIRA, P. VAN WELZEN   +3 more
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Notes on the status of Sonerila kanjilasseriensis (Melastomataceae)

Phytotaxa, 2021
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SANTHOSH KUMAR ETTICKAL SUKUMARAN, FATEN ZUBAIR FILIMBAN   +1 more
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Novelties in Microlicia (Melastomataceae: Microlicieae) from the Bolivian Cerrado

, 2020
Microlicia woodii is described as a new species from the Meseta de Motacú, Santiago de Chiquitos, eastern Bolivia, a region rich in endemic plants.
Ricardo Pacifico, F. Almeda, Lorena Julia Gali Rodrigues, Karina Fidanza   +3 more
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Additional notes on Melastomataceae of China

Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica, 2007
Oxyspora curtisii King, a newly recorded species of Oxyspora (Melastomataceae) in China, is reported and illustrated. Allomorphia eupteroton Guillaumin var. teretipetiolata C. Y. Wu & C. Chen is raised to species rank and relegated to the genus Oxyspora, viz. O. teretipetiolata (C. Y. Wu & C. Chen) W. H. Chen & Y. M.
Zhou Lu-Men, Chen Wen-Hong, Shui Yu-Min
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Systematics, Evolution, and Ecology of Melastomataceae

Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 2022
Barney L. Lipscomb
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