External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77332461-1
- Publication
- Candollea; Organe du Conservatoire et du Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève. Geneva
- Collation
- 78(2): 211
- Date of Publication
- 20 Nov 2023
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Melastomataceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Service Forestier 28879
- Locality
- Reg. Atsinanana (Prov. Toamasina): forêt d’Analalava à l’W de Foulpointe (Mahavelona)
- Collection Date
- 22 May 1969
- Type Herbaria
- holotype P P00516062
isotype P P04802218
isotype TEF - Distribution Of Types
- Madagascar (Western Indian Ocean, Africa)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.15553/c2023v782a10 Etymology: name is a compound formed from the Latin noun fūsus meaning 'spindle' and the adjectival suffix -fōrmis meaning 'having the form of'; it functions as an adjective referring to the shape of the fruits