- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:904806-1
- Publication
- Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay [Mumbay]
- Collation
- 81(2): 436
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Melastomataceae
Type Information
- Distribution Of Types
- Sikkim (East Himalaya, Indian Subcontinent, Asia-Tropical)
Assam
India
Nepal.
Original Data
- Distribution
- Sikkim, Assam, India, Nepal.
Nomenclatural Notes
as 'arunkumarensis'
Remarks
Etymology: named in honour of Professor Arun Kumar Sharma, University of Calcutta, for his contributions in the field of cytotaxonomic studies of Indian plants.