External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77332450-1
- Publication
- Candollea; Organe du Conservatoire et du Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève. Geneva
- Collation
- 78(2): 194
- Date of Publication
- 20 Nov 2023
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Melastomataceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Miller & Lowry 3971
- Locality
- Reg. SAVA (Prov. Antsiranana): Marojejy National Park, NW of Mandena, along trail to summit of Marojejy Est, above second camp, 850-1000 m
- Collection Date
- 11 Feb 1989
- Type Herbaria
- holotype CAS CAS-836155
isotype K
isotype MO MO-3714791
isotype P P00500500
isotype TAN
isotype WAG WAG.1093549 - Latitude
- 14° 26' S
- Longitude
- 49° 45' E
- Distribution Of Types
- Madagascar (Western Indian Ocean, Africa)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.15553/c2023v782a10 Etymology: name is a neuter Latin adjective meaning 'jointed', referring to the conspicuously articulated inflorescence axes seen in this species.