- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77302476-1
- Publication
- Candollea; Organe du Conservatoire et du Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève. Geneva
- Collation
- 77(1): 98
- Date of Publication
- 1 Jun 2022
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Melastomataceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Raharimalala 266
- Locality
- Reg. Analanjirofo [Prov. Toamasina]: PN Mananara-Nord, forêt d’Ibanda, PK 12 d’Antanambe
- Collection Date
- 12 Feb 1990
- Type Herbaria
- holotype P P00516019
P00516020 [2 part specimen] - Distribution Of Types
- Madagascar (Western Indian Ocean, Africa)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.15553/c2022v771a7 Etymology: 'The epithet ourantherum is a compound derived from the Greek noun ourá meaning 'tail' and the noun anthera meaning 'anther'. It functions as an adjective and means 'tailed-anther', in reference to the characteristic anthers of this species'.