- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77302470-1
- Publication
- Candollea; Organe du Conservatoire et du Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève. Geneva
- Collation
- 77(1): 86
- Date of Publication
- 1 Jun 2022
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Melastomataceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Rabenantoandro et al. 59
- Locality
- Reg. Atsinanana [Prov. Toamasina]: Betampona R.N.I., piste principale à 4 km via piste de Betakonana, 500 m
- Collection Date
- Nov 1998
- Second Collection Date
- Dec 1998
- Type Herbaria
- holotype MO 5167753
isotype P P00516015 - Latitude
- 17° 55' 55" S
- Longitude
- 49° 12' 11" E
- Distribution Of Types
- Madagascar (Western Indian Ocean, Africa)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.15553/c2022v771a7 Etymology: 'The epithet draconopterum is a compound formed from the Greek nouns drákon meaning 'dragon' and pterón meaning 'wing'. It functions as an adjective and means 'dragon-winged', in reference to the shape of the leaves'.