- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77202234-1
- Publication
- Phytotaxa
- Collation
- 418(3): 252
- Date of Publication
- 25 Sep 2019
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Melastomataceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Gordon-Gray s.n.
- Locality
- Gwibi [Cwebe] Forest, near Bashee [Mbhashe] River mouth
- Collection Date
- 25 Nov 1971
- Type Herbaria
- holotype NU
isotype PRE 51136 - Distribution Of Types
- Eastern Cape Province (Cape Provinces, Southern Africa, Africa)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.418.3.1 The species epithet refers to the fact that the Hluleka and Dwesa-Cwebe populations occupy the southern limit of Memecylon throughout its entire range in the Old World tropics. The occurrence of a member of this mainly tropical genus at 32°S latitude is noteworthy