- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:158996-2
- Publication
- Symbolae Antillanae: seu fundamenta florae Indiae occidentalis ... Berlin
- Collation
- 8(2): 496
- Date of Publication
- 1 Jun 1921
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Melastomataceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Miguel Fuertes 1491
- Locality
- inter brachia rivulorum Cañada maluca, alt. 1600 m
- Type Herbaria
- lectotype NY
- Chosen By
- Judd & Penneys Rhodora 106: 129. 2004 [18 Aug 2004]
- Distribution Of Types
- Barahona (Dominican Republic, Caribbean, Southern America)
Remarks
sp. nov. for M. ligustrina sensu Urban, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 11. 1917 (ex determ. Cogn. non (Sm.) Triana)