External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77332455-1
- Publication
- Candollea; Organe du Conservatoire et du Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève. Geneva
- Collation
- 78(2): 202
- Date of Publication
- 20 Nov 2023
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Melastomataceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Lewis et al. 868
- Locality
- Reg. Ihorombe (Prov. Fianarantsoa): Andringitra, Camp 2, c. 43 km S of Ambalavao, junction of the Sahanivoraky and Sahavatoy, 810 m
- Collection Date
- Nov 1993
- Type Herbaria
- holotype MO MO-4659758
isotype P P00516009 - Latitude
- 22° 13' 40" S
- Longitude
- 47° 13" E
- Distribution Of Types
- Madagascar (Western Indian Ocean, Africa)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.15553/c2023v782a10 Etymology: name is a Greek adjective meaning 'two-winged', in reference to the character of the young branchlets (in contrast with four-winged, the usual state seen in this genus).